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Tuning: E A D G B E
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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: Standard
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[Intro] / [Coda]
Fmaj7 F6 C F#m7-5 D9 G C F/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|12----10--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--8-------------/5-------3-0-----|1---------1-----|
G|12----10--------/9---9-9---------|--5-5-5-0-------|0---------2-----|
D|----------------|------10--------/3---------------|2---------3-----|
A|----------------|------9---------|----------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|
[Turnaround]
F6 G6 G C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------0-------|----------------|
B|--3---3-0-3---1-|----1-----------|
G|--2---2---0---0-|----0-0---0-----|
D/3---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|3-----------2---|
E|--------3-------|--------3-------|
[Link] Middle 8 ==> Verse
[ F/G ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|--1-3-1/5-----3-|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|--2-3-2/5-----3-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Fmaj7 1-x-3-2-1-0
F6 1-x-3-2-3-x
F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-x
D9 x-5-4-5-5-x
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-x
Bm7-5 x-2-3-2-3-x
G/B x-2-0-0-0-x
Em 0-2-2-0-0-3
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[Intro]
| Fmaj7 F6 | C F#m7-5 | F6 G6 G | C F/G |
[Verse 1]
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 2]
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 3]
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/B |
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 F/Gcars (LINK]
[Verse 4]
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 5]
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 C/GGloom
F6 G6 G | C G/B |
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 forF/Gget him (LINK]
[Verse 6]
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 7]
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 | F6 G6 G | C