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Tuning: Standard
Pet Shop Boys
Birthday Boy (2002)
(Tennant/Lowe)
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INTRO
[E] [A]
e|7-----7-----7---|----------------|9-----9-----9---|----------------|
B|--9-----9-----9-|----------------|--10---10-----10|----------------|
G|----9-----9-----|--------%-------|----9----9------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Abm] [C#m] [B]
e|7-----7-----7---|9-----9-----9---|7-----7-----7---|----------------|
B|--9-----9-----9-|--9-----9-----9-|--7-----7-----7-|----------------|
G|----8-----8-----|----9-----9-----|----8-----8-----|-------%--------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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INTRO (guitars only)
| E | % | A | % | Abm | C#m | B | % |
INTRO
| E | % | A | % | Abm | C#m | B | % |
Birthday [E]boy can't ex[A]plain
Christmas [Abm]eve [C#m] he's born a[B]gain
On the [E]line a broken [A]train
Going [Abm]nowhere [C#m] endless [B]rain
Birthday [E]boy so a[A]fraid
Plays the ma[Abm7]chines [C#m] in the ar[B]cade
Oh baby do you re[E]member
He's been through [A]all this before
Spent the [Abm7]summer [C#m] getting [B]nowhere
Taking [E]all of the blame for the [A]city
Calcu[Abm7]lating [C#m] from pain comes [B]pity
Christmas [E]Eve a time of [A]joy
If you be[Abm]lieve [C#m] in Birthday [B]boy
This time a[E]round it's all a mis[A]take
Is he de[Abm]luded [C#m] or just a [B]fake
Oh baby do you re[E]member
He's been through [A]all this before
Spent the [Abm7]summer [C#m] getting [B]nowhere
Taking [E]all of the blame for the [A]city
Calcu[Abm7]lating [C#m] from pain comes [B]pity
[Cmaj7] If you knew his [Em]name
[Cmaj7] Would you feel the [Em]same
[C#m] If you knew his [F#]name
SOLO
| B | Bbm Ebm | C# |
| F# | B | Bbm Ebm | C# |
INTRO
| F# | B | Bbm Ebm | C# |
Birthday [F#]boy stands a[B]part
As the [Bbm]drama's [Ebm] about to [C#]start
A quick be[F#]trayal, a speedy [B]trial
As be[Bbm]fore, [Ebm] complete de[C#]nial
Oh baby do you re[F#]member
He's been through [B]all this before
Spent the [Bbm]summer [Ebm] getting [C#]nowhere
Taking [F#]all of the blame for the [B]city
Calcu[Bbm]lating [Ebm] from pain comes [C#]pity
[Dmaj7] If you knew his [F#m]name
[Dmaj7] Would you feel the [F#m]same
CODA
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| D C#m | F#m
