Poorboy chords by Electric Light Orchestra

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Abdim
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Verse 1
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Me I'm just a poor boy,
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from across the far southland,
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And I've traveled many days to
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reach this place to mke my stand,
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I  fell in with a merry band,
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and drank away the hours.
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Baug 

Verse 2
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Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
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And my head is high, from the battle won,
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Laid down my       life for
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C#dim 
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Baug 
the Greenwood
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Fdim 
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Verse 3

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The city boys,

and the country boys, they come from miles around,

To defy their king and country,

save the poor folks from the hand,

Baug

Of the thieving dukes and abbotts,

Baug

and the gentry of the land.

Verse 4
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Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
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And my     head is  high,
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from the battle won,
Abdim 
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Bbdim 
Bm 
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C#dim 
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Baug 
Laid     down my       life for the
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Greenwood
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Abdim 
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Verse 5
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Sweet Maid Marion,
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don't you do me no wrong,
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Stay on the right side,
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the Greenwood is your home,
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The dancing girls and the open fires,
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the wine that flows like water.

Verse 6
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Bm 
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Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
Em 
Bm 
And my head is high,
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from the battle won,
Abdim 
Am 
Bbdim 
Bm 
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C#dim 
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Baug 
Em 
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D 
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Laid     down my       life for
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Bb 
Baug 
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Em 
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the Greenwood