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LENNY   -       Buggles, the
Tuning: ½ down
 D-  C/
           (Lenny!)
 D-  Em7/
           (Lenny!) All the fools who await your return
 D-  C/
            May we tell them the truth
 D-  Em7/
            There's no way you can turn back the clock
G/B – Cmaj7i / 
            Never cling to your youth 
 D-  Em7/
           (Lenny!) How unfortunate it must have been
 D-  Cmaj7/
            Life is only a race
 D-  Em7/
           (Lenny!) You're so old that it might take a crane
G/B – Cmaj7i /
            Just to lift back your face
D – G/Bi                           C6 -                           
          Scientific, so scientific 
G/D                             Cadd6 -                         
     Scientific, so scientific 
                          D   Cmaj7/                             
   But you were walking on          glass
 D-  Em7/
            (Lenny!) How unstable we bolt with the horse
 D-  Cmaj7/
            Setting music to muscle
 D-  Em7/
            And the fallers will litter the course
G/B – Cmaj7i /
             As we run to the castle
D – G/Bi                            C6 -                          
          Scientific, so scientific 
G/D                            Cadd6 -                          
    Scientific, so scientific 
                          D   Cmaj7/                             
   But you were walking on         glass
       Cmaj7Care –      Cful
You're walking on      Am7glass, 
                   Am         G/Bi -                            
You're walking on      glass 
       Cmaj7Care –     Cful
                   Am           G/Bi -                          
You're walking on      glass 
(C6) -                     D   Em7/                                    
         (He said the sun       doesn't move)
When you say that the sun does not move
 D–  Cmaj7/                                                     
            Did it show you the answer
 D-  Em7/                                                     
          When the ships do not fall off the world
 G/B– Cmaj7i /                                     D-                   
               Does it mean there's a wall there 
G/Bi -   C6-   G/D–  Am  
Break:
(Am)             Am7i       D – Fmaj7                                     
      Aahhaha –        haa             
(Am)             Am7i       D – Fmaj7                                     
      Aahhaha –        haa             
(Am)             Am7i                                           
      Aahhaha –        haa 
                     D   Cmaj7/                                   
    (He said the sun         doesn't move)
               C   C-                                         
Care –     ful 
                       D             Em7   Em7-                       
   He could be walking      on glass 
 D–                                      Cmaj7                  C  
            He could see that the earth was a    mover
(But the sun was a mother)
 D–                                                       Em7  
         He could see that the earth was a mover
(But the sun was a mother)
                       D   Cmaj7//                                
   But he was walking on          glass//
NB. 
I think I hear a Cadd6 chord but for playability, use C6 chord. 
Since I play solo, I use a progression in chords during the song, from more open chords / 
low fretting, to higher. In the song this does not happen that way: the higher notes are more accentuated 
further into the song.
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       xx0232
      Cx35553
       x32010
    Em7x79787
       022030
    G/B7109787
Cmaj7i 8109988
  Cmaj7x35453
       x32000
G/Bi   x20033
     C6x35555
    G/Dx55433
Cadd6  765575
    Am7x02010
     Amx02210
Am7i   x02013
  Fmaj7132211

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Lenny

by Buggles

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Em7

Cmaj7

Am7

G/B

G/D

Fmaj7

LENNY - Buggles, the

Tuning: ½ down

D C

- /

(Lenny!)

D Em7

- /

(Lenny!) All the fools who await your return

D C

- /

May we tell them the truth

D Em7

- /

There's no way you can turn back the clock

G/B – Cmaj7i /

Never cling to your youth

D Em7

- /

(Lenny!) How unfortunate it must have been

D Cmaj7

- /

Life is only a race

D Em7

- /

(Lenny!) You're so old that it might take a crane

G/B – Cmaj7i /

Just to lift back your face

D – G/Bi C6 -

Scientific, so scientific

G/D Cadd6 -

Scientific, so scientific

D Cmaj7

But you were walking on glass

D Em7

- /

(Lenny!) How unstable we bolt with the horse

D Cmaj7

- /

Setting music to muscle

D Em7

- /

And the fallers will litter the course

G/B – Cmaj7i /

As we run to the castle

D – G/Bi C6 -

Scientific, so scientific

G/D Cadd6 -

Scientific, so scientific

D Cmaj7

But you were walking on glass

Cmaj7 C

Care – ful

Am7

You're walking on glass,

Am G/Bi -

You're walking on glass

Cmaj7 C

Care – ful

Am G/Bi -

You're walking on glass

D Em7

(C6) - /

(He said the sun doesn't move)

When you say that the sun does not move

D Cmaj7

– /

Did it show you the answer

D Em7

- /

When the ships do not fall off the world

G/B D

– Cmaj7i / -

Does it mean there's a wall there

C6 G/D Am

G/Bi - - –

Break:

(Am) Am7i D – Fmaj7

Aahhaha – haa

(Am) Am7i D – Fmaj7

Aahhaha – haa

(Am) Am7i

Aahhaha – haa

D Cmaj7

(He said the sun doesn't move)

C C

Care – ful

D Em7 Em7

He could be walking on glass

D Cmaj7 C

–

He could see that the earth was a mover

(But the sun was a mother)

D Em7

–

He could see that the earth was a mover

(But the sun was a mother)

D Cmaj7

But he was walking on glass//

NB.

I think I hear a Cadd6 chord but for playability, use C6 chord.

Since I play solo, I use a progression in chords during the song, from more open chords /

low fretting, to higher. In the song this does not happen that way: the higher notes are more accentuated

further into the song.

x57775

xx0232

x35553

x32010

Em7

x79787

022030

G/B

7109787

Cmaj7i 8109988

Cmaj7

x35453

x32000

G/Bi x20033

x35555

G/D

x55433

Cadd6 765575

Am7

x02010

x02210

Am7i x02013

Fmaj7

132211

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