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When I Was A Boy by Electric Light Orchestra - Guitar Chords

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            Song: When I was a boy
Artist: Jeff Lynne's ELO
Composer: Jeff Lynne
Album: Alone in the universe

Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar-)
28th Sept 2015

In the intro, the alternating C to G bass note on the C chord
is played on piano rather than guitar, and it also appears at
the end of the verses and choruses.

Jeff Lynne plays the main progression keeping the G note on the
top string for the first 3 chords: 
C (x32013) - Em/B (022003) - Am7 (x02213) - Am/G (302210)
He also plays two inversions of the G chord, but there is only
a very subtle difference in sound, so just take your choice of
these shapes.

In the 2 bar break, an electric guitar plays a G5 power chord 
(355xxx) over the ascending scale, Jeff plays the G as (320033)

Live video performance at this link:
--.-/watch?ds49aqvRlCmi-INE

C    = x32010   F    = xx3211    G *  = 320033
C/G  = 332010   Am/E = xx2210    F *  = 133211
Em/B = x22000   Dm   = xx0231    Em   = 022000
Am   = x02210   Dm/C = x30231    A7/E = xx2020
Am/G = 302210   G    = 355433    Ab   = 466544
                                 Bb9  = x10111 or x13111

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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
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,
             Bb9                 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,
             Bb9                 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]
             Bb9       Bb9  C
When I was a boy---- 
        

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