When I Was A Boy chords by Electric Light Orchestra

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