Electric Light Orchestra – When I Was A Boy (Guitar)

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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 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. If you want to add this just use the (C/G) shape, alternating the bass note from the 5th to 6th string. In the 2 bar break, an electric guitar plays a G5 power chord (355xxx) over the ascending scale, Jeff plays the G as (320033) on his acoustic. C = x32010 F * = xx3211 F = 133211 C/G = 332010 Am/E = xx2210 Em = 022000 Em/B = x22000 Dm = xx0231 A7/E = xx2223 Am = x02210 Dm/C = x30231 Ab = 466544 Am/G = 302210 G = 355433 Bb9 = x13111 Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro]

  C C/G C C/G  C C/G C C/G  C C/G C C/G  C C/G C C/G
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |

[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
Soon as I was in my bed,

F                 G               Em
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
In ...those ...beau - tiful days,

              F *  A7/E Dm
...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
In ...those ...beau - tiful days,

              F *  A7/E Dm
...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...

===================================================== For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my suggested choices you need to manually select the following choice of options by clicking on the forward/backward arrows below four of the diagrams. Am/E G A7/E Bb9 <5 of 23> <4 of 27> <7 of 28> <2 of 14> The remaining chord boxes can be the default first option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you are logged into your account, these choices will be saved automatically for every time you view this tab The exception is there are two inversions of F (differentiated by an asterisk in my chord legend). Currently there is no facility to save both variations as chord boxes, so you will have to choose which one of them to display. F or F * <1 of 16> <2 of 16>