Birthday Boy chords by Pet Shop Boys

Birthday Boy - Pet Shop Boys
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Pet Shop Boys
Birthday Boy (2002)
(Tennant/Lowe)

From: "Release"

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INTRO
 E                 A
e|7-----7-----7---|----------------|9-----9-----9---|----------------|
B|--9-----9-----9-|----------------|--10---10-----10|----------------|
G|----9-----9-----|--------%-------|----9----9------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 Abm       C#m       B
e|7-----7-----7---|9-----9-----9---|7-----7-----7---|----------------|
B|--9-----9-----9-|--9-----9-----9-|--7-----7-----7-|----------------|
G|----8-----8-----|----9-----9-----|----8-----8-----|-------%--------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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INTRO (guitars only)
| E | % | A | % | Abm | C#m | B | % |

INTRO
| E | % | A | % | Abm | C#m | B | % |

     E      A
Birthday boy can't explain
     Abm C#m     B
Christmas eve  he's born again
    E       A
On the line a broken train
   Abm   C#m    B
Going nowhere  endless rain

     E    A
Birthday boy so afraid
      Abm7  C#m     B
Plays the machines  in the arcade


         E
Oh baby do you remember
         A
He's been through all this before
     Abm7  C#m    B
Spent the summer  getting nowhere
    E            A
Taking all of the blame for the city
   Abm7  C#m        B
Calculating  from pain comes pity


     E       A
Christmas Eve a time of joy
     Abm  C#m      B
If you believe  in Birthday boy
      E          A
This time around it's all a mistake
    Abm  C#m      B
Is he deluded   or just a fake

         E
Oh baby do you remember
         A
He's been through all this before
     Abm7  C#m    B
Spent the summer  getting nowhere
    E            A
Taking all of the blame for the city
   Abm7  C#m        B
Calculating  from pain comes pity


Cmaj7         Em
   If you knew his name
Cmaj7          Em
   Would you feel the same
C#m          F#
   If you knew his name


SOLO
| B | Bbm Ebm | C# |
| F# | B | Bbm Ebm | C# |


INTRO
| F# | B | Bbm Ebm | C# |


     F#     B
Birthday boy stands apart
    Bbm   Ebm     C#
As the drama's   about to start
     F#        B
A quick betrayal, a speedy trial
   Bbm   Ebm      C#
As before,   complete denial

         F#
Oh baby do you remember
         B
He's been through all this before
     Bbm  Ebm    C#
Spent the summer  getting nowhere
    F#            B
Taking all of the blame for the city
   Bbm  Ebm        C#
Calculating  from pain comes pity

Dmaj7         F#m
   If you knew his name
Dmaj7          F#m
   Would you feel the same

CODA
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| D C#m | F#m