When I Was A Boy

Electric Light Orchestra

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by PAULANTUNES

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When I Was A Boy

Key: C

When I Was A Boy Key GG

When I Was A Boy Key G#G#

When I Was A Boy Key AA

When I Was A Boy Key A#A#(one step down)

When I Was A Boy Key BB(half step down)

When I Was A Boy Key CC(original key)

When I Was A Boy Key C#C#(half step up)

When I Was A Boy Key DD(one step up)

When I Was A Boy Key D#D#

When I Was A Boy Key EE

When I Was A Boy Key FF

When I Was A Boy Key F#F#

	  		
Intro 
     C C/G C C/G


verse  

 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 
 
 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! 


    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, 
             Dm7/b5                C 
When I was a boy----- ...I had a dream! 




verse 
 
 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! 


    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, 
             Dm7/b5                 C 
When I was a boy----- ...I had a dream! 



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      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 
             Dm7/b5      Dm7/b5  C 
When I was a boy----!

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