Bob Dylan - Po boy
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Tuning: G C E A
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Po’ Boy – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Love and Theft” (2001)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C / baritone G
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CHORDS
g-C-E-A d-G-B-E
Fmaj7 2-4-1-0 3-2-1-0
F6 2-2-1-0 3-2-3-1
F#m7-5 2-4-2-3 2-2-1-2
G6 0-4-3-2 5-4-5-3 or 0-0-0-0
D9 2-4-2-3 2-2-1-2 or 0-2-1-0
Fadd9 0-0-1-0 3-2-1-3
Bm7-5 2-2-1-2 0-2-0-1
E7 1-2-0-2 0-1-0-0
Em 0-4-3-2 2-0-0-0
B7 4-3-2-0 1-2-0-2
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[Intro]
| Fmaj7 F6 | C F#m7-5 | D9 G | C Fadd9 |
[Verse]
C Bm7-5 E7
Man comes to the door—I say, “For whom are you looking?”
He says, “Your Amwife,” I say, “She’s D9busy in the kitchen cookin’”
Fmaj7 F6 C F#m7-5
Poor boy — where you been?
I alF6ready tol’ you — won’t G6tell Gyou aCgain
[Verse]
C Bm7-5 E7
I say, “How much you want for that?” I go into the store
AmMan says, “Three dollars.” “All D9right,” I say, “Will you take four?”
Fmaj7 F6 C F#m7-5
Poor boy — never say die
F6Things will be all G6rightG by and Cby
[Verse]
C Bm7-5 E7
Workin’ on the mainline — workin’ like the devil
The Amgame is the same — it’s just up D9on another level
Fmaj7 F6 C F#m7-5
Poor boy — dressed in black
F6 G6 G | C G |
Police at your back
[Middle 8]
Em Poor B7boy in a Emred hot B7town
EmOut beB7yond the Emtwinklin’ B7stars
E7Ridin’ first-class Amtrains — E7making the Amrounds
E7Tryin’ to keep from Amfallin’ beD9tween the Fadd9cars
[Verse]
C Bm7-5 E7
Othello told Desdemona, “I’m cold, cover me with a blanket
By the Amway, what happened to that poison wine?”D9 She says, “I gave it to you, you drank it”
Fmaj7 F6 C F#m7-5
Poor boy, layin’ ’em straight
F6Pickin’ up the cherries G6fallin’ Goff the Cplate
[Verse]
C Bm7-5 E7
Time and love has branded me with its claws
AmHad to go to Florida, dodgin’ D9them Georgia laws
Fmaj7Poor boF6y, in the hotel called the CPalace of Gloom
F6 G6 G | C G |
Call down to room service, says send up a room
[Middle 8]
Em My mother was a B7daughter of aEm wealthy B7farmer
My Emfather was a traveling B7salesman, I never Emmet him B7
E7When my mother Amdied, my uncle E7took me in—Amhe ran a funeral parlor
E7He did a lot of nice Amthings for me and D9I won’t forFadd9get him
[Verse]
C Bm7-5 E7
All I know is that I’m thrilled by your kiss
Am I don’t know any D9more than this
Fmaj7 F6 C F#m7-5
Poor boy, pickin’ up sticks
F6Build ya a house out of G6morGtar and Cbricks
[Verse]
C Bm7-5 E7
Knockin’ on the door, I say, “Who is it and where are you from?”
AmMan says, “Freddy!” I say, “Freddy who?” He says, “D9Freddy or not here I come”
Fmaj7 F6 C F#m7-5
Poor boy ’neath the stars that shine
F6Washin’ them dishes, G6feedin’ Gthem Cswine
[Coda]
| Fmaj7 F6 | C F#m7-5 | D9 G | C