Soul Boy
Released in 1988 by Virgin Records
Transpose
INTRO
D
All down one
G6
street,
Em7
side by
A
side
D
Live all the
G6
sad
Em7
old
ex
A
iles
They
F#m
fled from
Gmaj7
war
F#m
to the
Gmaj7
sho
Fmaj7
re
Of
A
hell
A/B
A/C#
VERSE 1
And
D
not one sa
G6
lutes the
Em7
former
A
chief
Who
D
suffered the
G6
most and
Em7
salvaged
A
least
F#m
Head of
Gmaj7
state,
F#m
poten
Gmaj7
ta
Fmaj7
te
Will you see that was
E
me (Yes it
E7/B
was)
E6
E
CHORUS 1
A
Soul boy is
F#m
down the
E
street
E7/B
E6
E
A
Perching on
F#m
cloven
E
feet
E7/B
E6
E
A
Baying a
F#m
song of
E
woe
E7/B
E6
E
Says “
A
Give
G6
up your
E
soul”
VERSE 2
D
I think they
G6
hold
Em7
me to
A
blame
But
D
I only
G6
filled some
Em7
empty
A
graves
It
F#m
had to
Gmaj7
be it was
F#m
them or
Gmaj7
m
Fmaj7
e
And you know which
E
way I
E7/B
chose
E6
E
CHORUS 1
A
Soul boy is
F#m
down the
E
street
E7/B
E6
E
A
Perching on
F#m
cloven
E
feet
E7/B
E6
E
A
Baying a
F#m
song of
E
woe
E7/B
E6
E
Says “
A
Give
G6
up your
E
soul”
INTERLUDE
Am
G6
C7
Fmaj9
Dm
Em
Dm
G
Am
G6
C7
Fmaj9
Dm
Em
Fmaj9
G
VERSE 3
D
Listen to
G6
me,
Em7
little
A
man
D
Being an ex-Fuh
G6
rer’s
Em7
not so
A
bad
F#m
Marvin
Gmaj7
Gaye,
F#m
Marvin
Gmaj7
Ga
Fmaj7
ye
Well you see he’s gone a
E
way (Yes he
E7/B
has)
E6
E
CHORUS 2
A
Soul boy has
F#m
gone to
E
war – oh!
E7/B
E6
E
And
A
no one dares
F#m
ask what
E
for
E7/B
E6
E
He’s
A
doomed and he’s
F#m
white and
E
mean
E7/B
(Imagine!)
E6
E
A
He
G6
laughed at
E
me
E7/B
E6
E
OUTRO
Oh now be
A
ever so
F#m
humble
There’s
E
no place like
E7/B
home
E6
E
When your
A
home’s now a
F#m
graveyard
And you are
E
broke and a
E7/B
lone
E6
E
And you’re
A
out of the
F#m
family of
E
woman and
E7/B
man
E6
E
A
G6
E