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Henry Boy

Bruce Springsteen

RockAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E
F#Diagram coming soon
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A×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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                        E                        E/F# 
Well they broke your toys this morning, Henry  
            E                E/F# 
Rode your Ford right into dust 
E                     E/F#                           E E/F# 
Surrounded you with strangers who you could not trust 
E 
And then they had the gall 
 
 
F#m  B  E  E/C#  E 
 
  
       F#m                   B            E 
To write your name up on the girl's room wall    
       C#m  B     C#m    B    C#m       B            C#m B 
And send you out to Maria who spoke of babies and all  
                               Asus 
And she wanted to shoot your joy 
                Bsus 
Well it's a hard world when you're the new kid in town  
                  E E/F# E E/F# E 
Ain't it, Henry Boy? 
 
  
 
E/F#                               E              E/F# 
Well now the North side is for diamond studded women 
E                        E/F# 
Subtly selling their wares 
E                               E/F#        E E/F#  E  E/F# 
And the West side is for debutantes and would be millionaires 
E                     E/F#           E    E/F#     E           E/F# 
The East side is for lost boys who know their moves too well 
E                               E/F# 
The South side that's for gamblers, Henry 
E      E/F#          E      E/F# 
The train stops once for hell 
Asus 
It's a hard world when you're forced to live out on Broadway 
Bsus                                    E  E/F#  E  E/F# 
But Henry I think you're gonna like it well 
 
 
            G#m                                     A 
And now the constellation she points to Gate Eleven 
                                       C#m B C#m 
Man that's where you got your connections 
         G#m                                       A 
Whoa let me take a look inside my magic book I don't think  
                          C#m B C#m 
You're beyond my inventions 
   G#m                                       A 
Whoa let me take a look inside my magic book 
                                     C#m B C#m 
I don't think you're beyond my inventions 
         G#m 
These doctor's appendages I'm giving you for wings 
                 F#m              A 
I'm sure they'll meet the occasion 
     C#m  B     C#m    B    C#m       B  C#m     B 
I'm gonna mix you some magic, you'll be spittin' sparks 
                           E 
And ready for the invasion 
  
 
F#m          B          E 
'Cause now the Milky Way's a trip for dipper 
                           E/F# E 
Who saw you coming a mile away 
E/F# 
In the amusement park you'll get clipped by rippers 
                       E 
Hiding behind candy canes 
E/F#                                     E         E/F#    E        E/F# 
In the alley you're gonna get ripped by strippers all who know your name 
E                    E/F#                         E 
In the stalls stand out the soldier-boy kissers  
E/F#                    E 
On leave for just a day 
 
 
    Asus 
And Henry he can't take it, he's gonna be a submariner 
Bsus 
Riding underground for the Pope 
  Asus 
Stands on the corner Broadway and 42nd and screams "Up 'scope" 
  
FINAL: 
        E/F#  E  E/F#  E 
          
 

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Chord set

E · F# · F#m · B · C# · C#m · Asus · Bsus · G#m · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.