New Road - The Boy (Live)

[Intro]
C

[Verse 1]
N.C.
Chapter One

F G C

C
Robin woke one morning
C
Broke his fast with a worm
C Dbdim7
Tried flying on his commute
Dbdim7 C
But he floundered and fell to the ground
C
Realised that his wings didn’t work
C
Lying down on the ground
C Dbdim7
Saw the flowers were nice from below
F G C
Hedgehog came wandering to him
C F
“You don’t look right,” Hedgehog said
C Gsus4 G
Picking the dirt off his spines
Am Bbdim7
“I know who will fix this for you
F G C
Go and find Mole.”

[Interlude]
C F C Gsus4 GAm Bbdim7 F G C

[Verse 2]
F G6
He looked up, saw the boy
Am G F
Offered the flowers to him
F G6
“Keep them for you, you’ve only got you,”
Am G F
He said with bang, hе was gone
Am7/F
Who was the boy?
Am7/F
Who was the boy?
Am7/F
Who was thе boy?

[Verse 3]
N.C.
Chapter Two
C F
Robin spent the morning
C Gsus4 G
Hopping to find Mrs. Mole
Am Bbdim7
Knew that she was struggling to find
F G C
The good that a mole could bring
C F
“Who’s this smiling boy
C Gsus4 G
Grinding out a meal?
Am Bbdim7
Wished he’d be a good, kind mole
F G C
He might want to eat meat.”

[Interlude]
C F C Gsus4 GA Bbdim7 F G C

[Verse 4]
F G6
She looked straight into his eyes
Am G F
Tears rolling into her ears
F G6
Maybe I’m better just being a daughter
Am G F
Although she couldn’t deny
Am7/F
Wanting the boy
Am7/F
Wanting the boy
Am7/F
Wanting the boy
Am7/F
Wanting the boy
Am7/F
Wanting the boy

[Verse 5]
N.C.
Chapter Three
C F
Mrs. Mole wiped her tears away
C Gsus4 G
Looked at Robin’s broken wings
Am Bbdim7
“What do you expect a mole to fix?
F G C
Go and find Deer.”
C F
Robin dragged his body
C Gsus4 G
Through the forest ground
Am Bbdim7
Knew that deer lived a solitary life
F G C
Couldn’t find a print on the ground

[Bridge]
F Ab Db E
Robin sunk down to the earth, and mud pulled him gradually in
F Ab Db E
“Who am I to think that my selfish genes should keep going on?
F Eb Bb
Can I be the father
F Eb Cm C
Like I dreamt I might?”

[Verse 6]
F G6
Robin looked up, saw a hoof
Am G F
Trying to get up to the ground
F G6
“Help me Deer, please, help me Deer”
Am G F
He reached his wings to the Deer
F G6
Deer looked down, he liked to be alone
Am G F
With a sigh, he gave him a lift
F G6
“I knew it was you, I’m glad it was you”
Am G F
He knew from now he’d be alone
F G6 Am G F
I won’t try to fly
F G6 Am G F
I won’t try to fly
F G6 Am G F
I won’t try to fly
F G6 Am G F
I won’t try to fly
Am7/F
Wanting the boy
Am7/F
Wanting the boy
Am7/F
Wanting the boy
Am7/F
Wanting the boy