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My Boy – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Phil Coulter and Bill Martin (words, English);
Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and Claude François (music)
From: "Good Times" (1975)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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capo: 2nd fret
play: C / Am
key: D / Bm
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0
E7sus4 0-2-0-2-0-0
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-0
B7-9 x-2-1-2-1-x
B7 x-2-1-2-x-x
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[Intro]
| C | % |
[Verse]
G/B
You're sleeping son, I know
Am
But, really, this can't wait
Em
I wanted to explain
Am
Before it gets too late
Fmaj7
For your mother and me
Em7
Love has finally died
Dm
This is no happy home
| E7sus4 | E7 |
But God knows how I've tried
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Because you're all I have, my boy
G Cmaj7
You are my life, my pride, my joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Verse]
| C | C G/B
I know it's hard to understand
Am
Why did we ever start?
Em
We're more like strangers now
Am
Each acting out a part
Fmaj7
I have laughed, I have cried
Em7
I have lost every game
Dm
Taken all I can take
| E7sus4 | E7 |
But I'll stay here just the same
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Because you're all I have, my boy
G Cmaj7
You are my life, my pride, my joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Verse]
| C | C G/B
Sleep on, you haven't heard a word
Am
Perhaps it's just as well
Em
Why spoil your little dreams
Am
Why put you through the hell
Fmaj7
Life is no fairytale
Em7
As one day you will know
Dm
But now you're just a child
| E7sus4 | E7 |
I'll stay here and watch you grow
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Because you're all I have, my boy
G Cmaj7
You are my life, my pride, my joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Yeah, because you're all I have, my boy
G Cmaj7
You are my life, my pride, my joy
F#m7-5 B7-9 B7 | E7sus4 | E7 |
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy (break)
(repeat and fade)