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Poor Jimmy Wilson chords by Sandy Denny, Strawbs

  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • B

    2
  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • Am

Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Jimmy Wilson had a glass eye,
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I could see it
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And he stuttered sometimes
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And he needed a girl friend
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night times
Didn't know how to go about it
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Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson

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Verse 2
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All the boys used to tease him,
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I know I did it
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And he was my friend
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At school we were always
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close together
Hardly a day I didn't see him
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Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson
Verse 3
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He used to go out for walks on his own
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With no- one to talk to at all
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He'd walk in the park till
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the evening grew dark
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Just feeling quite incredibly small
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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He was sitting in the park one
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Sunday evening
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Around about five
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When along came a lady,
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a total stranger
Wanted young Jimmy to go with her
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Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson
Verse 5
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Well she was so persuasive
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and seemed quite friendly
So he went along
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And the lady who was
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lonely gave him tea
And she was his friend for ever after
Outro 1
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Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson.
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