Electric Light Orchestra

When I Was A Boy(Chords)

Electric Light Orchestra

Key: C

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

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