Nick Drake - Poor boy
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Nick Drake - Poor Boy
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYJyp4EIbI
note: see below for chords
INTRO
Cm7 Fm7sus2 x2
VERSE 1
Cm7 Never singBm7 for my supper
Cm7 I never helped myBm7 neighbour
Cm7 Never doBm7 what is proper
Cm7 For my fair share ofBm7 labour
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2
I?m a poor boy
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2
And I?m a rover
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2
Count your coins and
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2 Cm7
Throw them over my shoulder
I mayBm7 grow older
PRE-CHORUS
C7 Nobody knows
B7 How cold it grows
Bb7 And nobody sees
C How shaky my knees
C7 Nobody cares
B7 How steep my stairs
Bb7 And nobody smiles
C If I cross their stiles
CHORUS
C Oh Fmaj7poor boy
C So sorry for himFmaj7self
C Oh Fmaj7poor boy
C So worried for his Fmaj7health
You may Gsay every day
Where will he stay toCm7night
SOLO
Cm7 Fm7sus2 x2
VERSE 2
Cm7 Never knowBm7 what I came for
Cm7 Seems that I?ve foBm7rgotten
Cm7 Never askBm7 what I came from
Cm7 Or how I was beBm7gotten
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2
I?m a poor boy
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2
And I?m a ranger
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2
Things I say
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2 Cm7
May seem stranger than Sunday
ChangingBm7 to Monday
PRE-CHORUS
C7 Nobody knows
B7 How cold it flows
Bb7 And nobody feels
C The worn down heels
C7 Nobody?s eyes
B7 Make the skies
Bb7 Nobody spreads
C Their aching heads
CHORUS
C Oh Fmaj7poor boy
C So worried for his Fmaj7life
C Oh Fmaj7poor boy
C So keen to take a Fmaj7wife
He?s a Gmess but he?ll say yes
If you just dress in Cm7white
SOLO (follows the chord pattern of the verse)
Cm7 Bm7 x4
Bbm7 Ebm7sus2 x4
Cm7 Bm7
PRE-CHORUS
C7 Nobody knows
B7 How cold it blows
Bb7 And nobody sees
C How shaky my knees
C7 Nobody cares
B7 How steep my stairs
Bb7 And nobody smiles
C If you cross their stiles
CHORUS
C Oh Fmaj7poor boy
C So sorry for himFmaj7self
C Oh Fmaj7poor boy
C So worried for his Fmaj7health
You may Gsay every day
Where will he stay toCm7night
SOLO
Cm7 Fm7sus2 x2
OUTRO (the choir sings on)
C Fmaj7 \
Oh poor boy \
C Fmaj7 \
So worried for his life \
C Fmaj7 |
Oh poor boy |
C Fmaj7 |
So keen to take a wife |
|
- repeat while fading out
C Fmaj7 |
Oh poor boy |
C Fmaj7 |
So sorry for himself |
C Fmaj7 /
Oh poor boy /
C Fmaj7 /
So worried for his health /
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CHORDS
Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7 Ebm7sus2 C7 B7 Bb7 C Fmaj7 G Fm7sus2
e|------------------------------------------------3-----------|
B|-8---7----6------6-------8---7---6----8---10----3---8-------|
G|-8---7----6------6-------9---8---7----9---9-----4---8-------|
D|-8---7----6------8-------8---7---6----10--10----5---10------|
A|-10--9----8------6-------10--9---8----10--8-----5---8-------|
E|-8---7----6--------------8---7---6----8---------3-----------|