The Boy From Rye chords by Gretchen Peters

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Bb

♫ Intro:

A  Em  D  A     Em  D  A




♫ Verse 1:
A                Em                    D
The boy from Rye came down on the train
                         A
With his parents and his sister
                       Em7
Where the summer lawns roll down to the sea
    D                        A
And the air is softer than a whisper

♫ Verse 2:
A                     Em
The girls from school in our summer tans
D                           A
Suddenly self conscious and uncertain
                Em
All in a row we arranged ourselves for him
D                    A
Waiting to see if we deserved him


♫ Chorus:
G            A
One too fat, one too thin
G   D              A
One too many flaws to measure
G             A
Impossible to live inside your skin
G                      A
And serve at someone else’s pleasure


♫ Interlude:
A  Em7  D  A


♫ Verse 3:
A                   Em
Our parents dozed after tennis and a swim
D                          A
And disappeared into their gin and tonics
                   Em7
And there we were, alone with him
D                     A
His smile knowing and ironic


♫ Chorus:
G   D           A
One too strong, one too smart
G                  A
But none immune to love or summer
G          A
One by one he broke our virgin hearts
G               A
And set us one against the other


♫ Interlude:
A  Em  D   A   Em7
D   A


♫ Verse 4:
A                  Em
We dreamed of boys and kisses on the lawn
D                               A
We yearned to feel that mystery inside us
                       Em
And there we were with the summer nearly gone
D                     A
We’d let that mystery divide us


♫ Chorus:
G A
I lost you – you lost me
G        A
So long ago we barely can remember
G                    A
And the boy from Rye took the train back home
G                        A
And the world moved on into September


♫ Outro:
A   Em   D    A     Em
D   A