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When I Was A Boy by Electric Light Orchestra

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Song: When I was a boy
Artist: Jeff Lynne's ELO
Composer: Jeff Lynne
Album: Alone in the universe
Tabbed by DJ
28th Sept 2015

C    = x32010   F    = xx3211  * F       = 133211
C/G  = 332010   Am/E = xx2210    Em      = 022000
Em/B = x22000   Dm   = xx0231    A7/E    = xx2020
Am   = x02210   Dm/C = x30231    Ab      = 466544
Am/G = 302210   G    = 355433    Bb7sus2 = x13111

In the 2 bar break, the rhythm guitar just plays
a G5 power chord (355xxx) over the ascending scale.

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[Intro]
     C C/G C C/G    C C/G C C/G
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x2]

[Verse 1]
 C          Em/B          Am     Am/G
When I was a boy I had a dream,
 F             Am/E              Dm    Dm/C
All about the things I'd like to be,
 G                       * F                G       Em
Soon as I was in my bed, music played in - side my head,
              G               C C/G C C/G    C C/G C C/G
When I was a boy ...I had a dream!


[Verse 2]
 C           Em/B             Am     Am/G
When I was a boy I learnt to play,
 F           Am/E                Dm    Dm/C
Far into the night and drift a - way,
 G
Don't wanna work on the milk or the bread,
* F                        G           Em
 Just wanna play my gui - tar instead-----,
              G               C
When I was a boy ...I had a dream!


[Chorus]
    C    Em/B  Am   Am/G           F    A7/E  Dm
And ra ---dio waves    ...kept me com - pan - y,
Ab      G       C     Em/B   Am   Am/G            F  A7/E  Dm
In ...those ...beau - tiful days,     when there was  no  money,
             Bb7sus2               C
When I was a boy----- ...I had a dream!



[Verse 3]
 C          Em/B          Am      Am/G
When I was a boy I had a dream,
 F               Am/E              Dm     Dm/C
Finding out what life could really mean,
 G
Don't want a job, 'cause it drives me crazy,
 * F                         G
  Just wanna sing, 'Do you love me, baby?'
Em                G               C
    When I was a boy ...I had a dream!


[Chorus]
    C    Em/B  Am   Am/G           F    A7/E  Dm
And ra ---dio waves    ...kept me com - pan - y,
Ab      G       C     Em/B   Am   Am/G            F  A7/E  Dm
In ...those ...beau - tiful days,     when there was  no  money,
             Bb7sus2               C
When I was a boy----- ...I had a dream!


[Break]
     G
e |-(3)----------------|-------------------|
B |-(3)----------------|----------------0--|
G |-(0)----------------|--------0-1-2-3----|
D |-(0)-----------0-1--|--2-3-4------------|
A |-(2)-0-1-2-3-4------|-------------------|
E |--3-----------------|-------------------|


[Guitar solo]
   C    Em/B     Am   Am/G       F    A7/E      Dm    Ab G
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

   C    Em/B     Am   Am/G       F    A7/E      Dm
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

[Coda]
             Bb7sus2      Bb7sus2  C