Poor Boy chords by
David Byrne

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Key: Eb major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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A truck parked this morning-

outside the grocery store

Friends face the future- they're

wearing summer clothes

Verse 2

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Great cosmic forces- like

falling dominoes

I love talking funny- it's the only

Interlude 1

song I know

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Verse 3

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Sweet smart and sexy- the

day my life began

Burnt out and damaged- I

Verse 4

dragged my body home

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This slice is runny- it's

dripping down my clothes

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Flies stick to honey- it's

Verse 5

the only game they know

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Poor Boy- I walk into the

river in my hat and shoes

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Poor Boy- I'm sittin at the table with

Interlude 2

a knife and spoon

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Verse 6

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Life fast die happy- don't let

your panties show

They trust market forces- it's

Verse 7

the only song they know

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So come and rock my soul-

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where sin and sorry lie

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White horses carry me-

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unto the other side

Verse 8

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Poor Boy- I'm livin in a country

where my thoughts are cold

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Poor Boy- I'm waitin for the harvest of the seeds I sow

Interlude 3

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A flower in

Verse 9

the night- with

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thoughts of days gone by

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I've got to ring that bell-

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and I'll be satisfied

Verse 10

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Poor Boy- I'm wearin silver slippers

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and a long white gown

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Poor boy- I picture in my mind the

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day the walls come down

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Verse 11

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Poor Boy- I'm livin in a country

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where I'm never free

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Poor Boy- I'm writing down

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the names of all the things I see-

Outro 1

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