Key: C major
Intro 1
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Bb
Edim
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F
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Verse 1
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Man came to the door I say,
Adim
"For whom are you looking?"
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Gm
He says, "Your wife", I say,
C
"She's busy in the kitchen cookin'"
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Bb
Edim
Poor boy where you been?
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F
I already tol' you won't
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F
tell you again
Verse 2
Bb
I say, "How much you want for that?",
Adim
I go into the store
D
Gm
The man says, "Three dollars",
C
"All right", I say, "Will you take four?"
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Bb
Edim
Poor boy - never say die
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F
Bb
F
Bb
Things will be all right by and by
Verse 3
Adim
Workin' like on the mainline,
workin' like the devil
D
Gm
The game is the same it's just
C
Gm
up on a different level
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Bb
Edim
Poor boy, dressed in black
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Fsus4
F
Police at your back
Bb
Verse 4
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A
Dm
A
Aaug
Dm
Poor boy in a red hot town
A
Dm
Out beyond the twinklin' stars
D
Gm
Ridin' first class trains
D
Gm
making the rounds
Dm
Gm
Tryin' to keep from fallin'
C
F
between the cars
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Verse 5
F
Bb
Othello told Desdemona, "I'm cold,
Adim
D
cover me with a blanket
Gm
By the way, what happened
C
to that poison wine?"
Eb
She says, "I gave it to you, you drank it"
Bb
Edim
Eb
Poor boy, layin' 'em straight pickin'
F
Bb
up the cherries fallin' off the plate
Verse 6
Bb
Time and love has branded
Adim
Ab
D
me with its claws
Gm
Had to go to Florida,
C
dodgin' them Georgia laws
Gm
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Cm
Poor boy, in the hotel called
Bb
Gm
the Palace of Gloom
Eb
Calls down to room service, says,
F
Bb
Aaug
Dm
"Send up a room"
A
My mother was a daughter
Verse 7
D
Dm
A
of a wealthy farmer
Dm
A
My father was a traveling salesman,
Dm
Aaug
I never met him
D
Gm
D
When my mother died, my uncle took me in,
Gm
he ran a funeral parlor
D
Gm
C
He did a lot of nice things for me and I
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won't forget him
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F
Verse 8
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Adim
D
Gm
All I know is that I'm thrilled by your kiss
C
I don't know any more than this
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Cm
F
Bb
Edim
Poor boy, pickin' up stick s
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F
Bb
F
Build ya a house out of mortar and bricks
Verse 9
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Ab
Knockin' on the door, I say,
F
D
"Who is it and where are you from?"
Gm
C
Man says, "Freddy!" I say, "Freddy who?" He says,
Eb
"Freddy or not here I come."
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Gm
Poor boy 'neath the stars that shine
Eb
Washin' them dishes,
F
Bb
feedin' them swine
Outro 1
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Gm
Edim
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