Black Country, New Road – The Boy (Guitar)

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[Intro] C [Verse 1] N.C. Chapter One F G C
C
Robin woke one morning

C
Broke his fast with a worm

C              Dbdim7
Tried flying on his commute

Dbdim7                            C
But he floundered and fell to the ground

C
Realised that his wings didn't work

C
Lying down on the ground

C                   Dbdim7
Saw the flowers were nice from below

F             G            C
Hedgehog came wandering to him

C                       F
"You don't look right," Hedgehog said

C                        Gsus4 G
Picking the dirt off his spines

Am               Bbdim7
"I know who will fix this for you

F      G    C
Go and find Mole."
[Interlude] │CFCGsus4 GAmBbdim7F GC │ [Verse 2]
F             G6
He looked up, saw the boy

Am          G          F
Offered the flowers to him

F                          G6
"Keep them for you, you've only got you,"

   Am        G            F
He said with bang, hе was gone

            Am7/F
Who was the boy?

            Am7/F
Who was the boy?

            Am7/F
Who was thе boy?
[Verse 3] N.C. Chapter Two
C               F
Robin spent the morning

C                    Gsus4 G
Hopping to find Mrs. Mole

Am                Bbdim7
Knew that she was struggling to find

    F           G          C
The good that a mole could bring

C           F
"Who's this smiling boy

C              Gsus4 G
Grinding out a meal?

Am               Bbdim7
Wished he'd be a good, kind mole

F        G           C
He might want to eat meat."
[Interlude] │CFCGsus4 GABbdim7F GC │ [Verse 4]
F                   G6
She looked straight into his eyes

Am            G        F
Tears rolling into her ears

F                     G6
Maybe I'm better just being a daughter

  Am         G          F              
Although she couldn't deny 

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy
[Verse 5] N.C. Chapter Three
C                   F
Mrs. Mole wiped her tears away

C                        Gsus4 G
Looked at Robin's broken wings

Am                    Bbdim7
"What do you expect a mole to fix?

F      G    C
Go and find Deer."

C                 F
Robin dragged his body

C                  Gsus4 G
Through the forest ground

Am                     Bbdim7
Knew that deer lived a solitary life

F               G            C
Couldn't find a print on the ground
[Bridge]
F      Ab               Db             E              
 Robin sunk down to the earth, and mud pulled him gradually in

F        Ab                 Db            E
 "Who am I to think that my selfish genes should keep going on?

F       Eb     Bb
  Can I be the father

F        Eb       Cm  C
  Like I dreamt I might?"
[Verse 6]
F                G6
Robin looked up, saw a hoof

Am            G         F
Trying to get up to the ground

F                      G6
"Help me Deer, please, help me Deer"

   Am          G            F
He reached his wings to the Deer

F                    G6
Deer looked down, he liked to be alone

       Am       G          F
With a sigh, he gave him a lift

   F                    G6
"I knew it was you, I'm glad it was you"

   Am        G           F
He knew from now he'd be alone

F       G6      Am G F
I won't try to fly

F       G6      Am G F
I won't try to fly

F       G6      Am G F
I won't try to fly

F       G6      Am G F
I won't try to fly

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy

            Am7/F
Wanting the boy