Lonely Blue Boy Chords

KeyF Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays418

Lonely Blue Boy by Conway Twitty is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords F, D, F#, G, A, A7, E and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Lonely Blue Boy:Conway Twitty. 
#6 on the rock charts in 1959. 

( for original.) 

INTRO:   F-F-F D(x3) 

#1. 
D                          F#                G 
My name should be trouble, my name should be woe. 
G                                        D 
For trouble and heartache, is all that I know. 
D     A              G               D      F-F-F D(x3) 
Yeah, lonely, lonely blue boy, is my name. 

#2.  
D                       F#                G 
My life has been empty, my heart has been torn. 
G                                          D 
It must have been raining, the night I was born. 
      A              G               D    F-F-F D(x3) 
Yeah, lonely, lonely blue boy, is my name. 

Chorus:   
D         A                    A7 
Well, I'm so, I'm so afraid of tomorrow. 
       D 
And so tired, so tired of today. 
     E        E7 
They say that love is the answer. 
    G                  A     A7 
But love never came my wa-ay-ay. 

#3. 
A                D       F#         G 
I'm writing this letter, to someone unknown. 
G                                        D 
So, if you should find it, and if you're alone. 
D     A       A7     G               D    F-F-F-D(x3) 
Well, lonely, lonely blue boy, is my name. 
D         A       A7     G               D     F-F-F D(x3) 
Remember, lonely, lonely blue boy, is my name. 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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100 BPM Andante