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Local Boy

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A* = play at 12th fret
[Intro]
|     A|     E|    Bm|    Bm| x2
[Verse]
  A(5th fret)                   E  Bm  
Jimmy was a local boy, but he's seen much more than a change in the weather
SAitting in a uEniform of the threeBm-piece suit and ribbons from his past
LAooking for a lEittle boy at the baBmr with the mouth who thinks he's clever now
DAreaming of a Eday that he got homBme from a war to his childhood sweetheart
[Pre-chorus]
    F#mNow he dEon't need Danyone, there's no one there for him,
    F#mJust a fEeeling, of an Dempty place, deteriorating
[Verse]
Jimmy's always been a local, but he's seen much more than I'm bound to ever
A member of a dying breed that sat and wait as it all just falls apart
Thinking of a day that's oh so long ago, he can't remember right
There was a time a man could still be a man and proud to use his heart
[Pre-chorus]
Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,
There was really only one,
[Chorus]
                      A*         E  
Now he misses how she sounds, he frowns,
He Bmlines them up and he puts them down
It's Asad, this Etown
BmSeems to fail to appreciate the man
[Guitar Solo]
|     A|     E|    Bm|    Bm| x2
[Pre-chorus] (one strum only)
Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,
No he don't feel anymore, coz Jimmy's so thick skinned
    F#mAnd a lEong, long tDime ago, when he could break her heart
    F#mThere was rEeally oDnly one,
[Chorus]
                      A*         E  
Now he misses how she sounds, he frowns,
He Bmlines them up and he puts them down
It's Asad, this Etown
BmSeems to fail to appreciate 
what Ahe's aEbout
BmLines them up and puts them down
It's Asad this Etown Bmseems to fail to appreciate the man
[Guitar Solo]
|     A|     E|    Bm|    Bm| x4
finishes on A

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Local Boy

by The Rifles

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

A* = play at 12th fret

[Intro]

A E Bm Bm

| | | | | x2

[Verse]

A E Bm

(5th fret)

Jimmy was a local boy, but he's seen much more than a change in the weather

A E Bm

Sitting in a uniform of the three-piece suit and ribbons from his past

A E Bm

Looking for a little boy at the bar with the mouth who thinks he's clever now

A E Bm

Dreaming of a day that he got home from a war to his childhood sweetheart

[Pre-chorus]

F#m E D

Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,

F#m E D

Just a feeling, of an empty place, deteriorating

[Verse]

Jimmy's always been a local, but he's seen much more than I'm bound to ever

A member of a dying breed that sat and wait as it all just falls apart

Thinking of a day that's oh so long ago, he can't remember right

There was a time a man could still be a man and proud to use his heart

[Pre-chorus]

Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,

There was really only one,

[Chorus]

A E

Now he misses how she sounds, he frowns,

He lines them up and he puts them down

A E

It's sad, this town

Seems to fail to appreciate the man

[Guitar Solo]

A E Bm Bm

| | | | | x2

[Pre-chorus] (one strum only)

Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,

No he don't feel anymore, coz Jimmy's so thick skinned

F#m E D

And a long, long time ago, when he could break her heart

F#m E D

There was really only one,

[Chorus]

A E

Now he misses how she sounds, he frowns,

He lines them up and he puts them down

A E

It's sad, this town

Seems to fail to appreciate

A E

what he's about

Lines them up and puts them down

A E Bm

It's sad this town seems to fail to appreciate the man

[Guitar Solo]

A E Bm Bm

| | | | | x4

finishes on A

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