Biography:
Robbin Thompson (born Boston, Massachusetts, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter based in Richmond, Virginia. Since 1976 he has recorded several albums which have featured guest appearances by, among others, Melissa Manchester, Steve Cropper, Waddy Wachtel, Bruce Hornsby and Ellen McIlwaine. He was also a member of an early Bruce Springsteen band, Steel Mill, and has co-written songs with Timothy B. Schmit, Phil Vassar and Butch Taylor and Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band.
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Boy From Boston – Robyn Thompson
Chords –by R Brian McGhee Recording Capo I
Intro: G D Em,(x3), D
D G A
He was Born in Boston, but Lord he’d never tell you that
D G
See he went out west and sold his suit and vest
F#m A
For a guitar and a cowboy hat
G A D C#/D B
Singing in smoke filled bar rooms, about women that had done him wrong
G A N/C D Dsus4 D
Man that boy from Boston, could sing a country song.
D G A
See his daddy was a lawyer, a part time diplomat
D G F#m A
Sent him off to college, but lord he didnt last for much of that
G A
He just listened to the records on the stereo
D C#/D B
Sing and play along
G A D C#/D
Man that boy from Boston could sing a country song.
Bridge
Bm G A Bm
When he sang you’d swear, he lived a life of toil and pain
F#m F#7
He sang a sad refrain Everyone would cry………..,
G A D C#/D B
And if he could be here now he’d want you to sing along
G A N/C D
Man that boy from Boston could sing a country song
D G A
Was last seen in Oklahoma playing in some back street dive
D G
Said he’d been drinking pretty heavy and was looking
F#m A
like a man that was barely alive
G A D C#/D B
And if anybody would listen, he’d sing all night long
G A D Dsus4 D C#/D
Man that boy from Boston could sing a country song.
Bridge
Bm G A Bm
When he sang you’d swear, he lived a life of toil and pain
F#m
He sang a sad refrain
F#7
Everyone would cry………..,
G A D C#/D B
And if he could be here now he’d want you to sing along
G A N/C D Dsus4 D
Man that boy from Boston could sing a country song.
G A N/C D Dsus4 D
Man that boy from Boston sure would sing a country song.
Outro
G D Em(x3) D
Chords –by R Brian McGhee Recording Capo I
Intro: G D Em,(x3), D
D G A
He was Born in Boston, but Lord he’d never tell you that
D G
See he went out west and sold his suit and vest
F#m A
For a guitar and a cowboy hat
G A D C#/D B
Singing in smoke filled bar rooms, about women that had done him wrong
G A N/C D Dsus4 D
Man that boy from Boston, could sing a country song.
D G A
See his daddy was a lawyer, a part time diplomat
D G F#m A
Sent him off to college, but lord he didnt last for much of that
G A
He just listened to the records on the stereo
D C#/D B
Sing and play along
G A D C#/D
Man that boy from Boston could sing a country song.
Bridge
Bm G A Bm
When he sang you’d swear, he lived a life of toil and pain
F#m F#7
He sang a sad refrain Everyone would cry………..,
G A D C#/D B
And if he could be here now he’d want you to sing along
G A N/C D
Man that boy from Boston could sing a country song
D G A
Was last seen in Oklahoma playing in some back street dive
D G
Said he’d been drinking pretty heavy and was looking
F#m A
like a man that was barely alive
G A D C#/D B
And if anybody would listen, he’d sing all night long
G A D Dsus4 D C#/D
Man that boy from Boston could sing a country song.
Bridge
Bm G A Bm
When he sang you’d swear, he lived a life of toil and pain
F#m
He sang a sad refrain
F#7
Everyone would cry………..,
G A D C#/D B
And if he could be here now he’d want you to sing along
G A N/C D Dsus4 D
Man that boy from Boston could sing a country song.
G A N/C D Dsus4 D
Man that boy from Boston sure would sing a country song.
Outro
G D Em(x3) D
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Robert Asocar
Robert Bartko
Robert Borden
Robert Broberg
Robert Ellis Orr (...)
Robert Forster
Robert Francis
Robert Gass On W (...)
Robert Gay