Poor Boy chords by
David Byrne
David Byrne
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Key: Eb major
Intro 1
F
F

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Verse 1
F
F

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A truck parked this morning-
outside the grocery store
Friends face the future- they're
wearing summer clothes
Verse 2
F
F

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Great cosmic forces- like
falling dominoes
I love talking funny- it's the only
Interlude 1
song I know
F
F

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Fm
Fm

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F
F

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Verse 3
F
F

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Sweet smart and sexy- the
day my life began
Burnt out and damaged- I
Verse 4
dragged my body home
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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F
F

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This slice is runny- it's
dripping down my clothes
Bb
Bb

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F
F

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Flies stick to honey- it's
Verse 5
the only game they know
F
F

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Fm
Fm

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F
F

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Poor Boy- I walk into the
river in my hat and shoes
Fm
Fm

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F
F

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Poor Boy- I'm sittin at the table with
Interlude 2
a knife and spoon
F
F

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Bb
Bb

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F
F

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Bb
Bb

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F
F

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Verse 6
F
F

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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
F
F

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Eb
Eb

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So come and rock my soul-
F
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where sin and sorry lie
Eb
Eb

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F
F

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White horses carry me-
Eb
Eb

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F
F

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unto the other side
Verse 8
F
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Poor Boy- I'm livin in a country
where my thoughts are cold
Fm
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F
F

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Poor Boy- I'm waitin for the harvest of the seeds I sow
Interlude 3
F
F

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Fm
Fm

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Eb
Eb

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F
F

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Fm
Fm

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F
F

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Eb
Eb

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F
F

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Eb
Eb

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F
F

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Fm
Fm

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F
F

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Fm
Fm

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F
F

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Eb
Eb

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F
F

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Eb
Eb

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A flower in
Verse 9
the night- with
F
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thoughts of days gone by
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I've got to ring that bell-
F
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and I'll be satisfied
Verse 10
F
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Eb
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F
F

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Poor Boy- I'm wearin silver slippers
Fm
Fm

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F
F

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and a long white gown
Fm
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F
F

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Poor boy- I picture in my mind the
Fm
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F
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day the walls come down
Eb
Eb

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Verse 11
Fm
Fm

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Eb
Eb

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F
F

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Poor Boy- I'm livin in a country
Fm
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F
F

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Eb
Eb

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where I'm never free
F
F

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F
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Poor Boy- I'm writing down
Fm
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F
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the names of all the things I see-
Outro 1
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