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

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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    When I was a   boy I had a dream,

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    All about the things I'd like to be,

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   Soon as I was    in my bed,       music played in - side my...

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   head. When I was a boy I  had a dream!

[Verse 2]
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   When I was a boy I learnt to play,

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    Far into the night and drift a - way,

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   Don't wanna work on the milk or the bread, Just wanna play my gui - tar instead,

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       When I was a boy  I    had a dream!                       And

[Chorus]
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D |---------------------------------|---------2-----------------------|
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E |---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
    ra...       ...di...     ...0    waves                   kept me

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   com...       ...pan...          ...y,              In    those

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   beau...       ..ti...       ful  days,                   when there 

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   was             no               money,                  When I was a

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   boy....                   I had a dream!

[Verse 3]
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    When I was a   boy I had a dream,

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  Finding out what life could really mean,

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   Don't want a job, 'cause it drives me crazy, just wanna sing, 'Do you love me, baby?'

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         When I was a boy I  had a dream!                        And

[Chorus]
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    ra...       ...di...     ...0    waves                   kept me

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A |---------------------------------|-------------------------2-------|
E |-----------------0---------------|-----------------4---------------|
   com...       ...pan...          ...y,              In    those

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B |-----1---------------0-------3---|-3p1-------------1-------3-------|
G |---------0---------------0-------|-----2-------2-------2-----------|
D |---------------------------------|---------2-----------------------|
A |-3---------------2---------------|-0-------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
   beau...       ..ti...       ful  days,                   when there 

    F              A7/E               Dm
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   was             no               money,                  When I was a

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   boy....                   I had a dream!

[Break]
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[Guitar solo]
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[Coda]
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When I was a boy...