Smalltown Boy Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays511

Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
Text
16
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  			Am G Dm Am 
You leave in the morning with everything you own 
In a little black case alone on a platform 
The wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face 
Mother will never understand why you had to leave 
For the love that you need will never be found at home 
And the answer you seek will never be found at home 
Pushed around and kicked around always a lonely boy 
You were the one that they'd talk about around town 
As they put you down and as hard as they would try 
They'd hurt to make you cry but you'd never cry to them just to your soul  
No you'd never cry to them just to your soul 
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante