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Song title:       Poor Boy
Original Album:	  True Colours

Words and Music by Tim Finn
Copyright © 1980 Mushroom Music Pty Limited
Published by Mushroom Music Publishing Pty Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:

[play:  B]


VERSE:
Chords:
Em   x79987    Am  577555
D    x57775    C   x35553
Bm7  797777    A   577655


Em           D      Bm7             Am
  My love is alien,    I picked her up by chance
C                  D                 A         Em
  She speaks to me   with ultra-high frequency
Em        D             Bm7                   Am
  A radio band of gold,     gonna listen 'til I grow old
C
  Ooh hoo hoo
Em
  What more can a poor boy...


CHORUS:
Chords:
Am  577555
D   x57775
G   355433
E   022100
B   224442 or 799877


   Am                D                 G                 E
|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|---0---0---0---0-|
|------0---1---3---|-3---1---0-------|---3---3---3---3-|-----3---1---0---|
|--2---------------|-------------2---|-0---2---4---5---|-1---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
     do...?                                       What more can a poor boy


   Am                D                 G                 B
|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-2---2-----------|
|------0---1---3---|-3---1---0-------|---3---3---3---3-|-4---4-----------|
|--2---------------|-------------2---|-0---2---4---5---|-4---4-----------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4---4-----------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2-----------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   do...?



VERSE:
The crackle of the radio, a message in the evening sky
You're looking at an interplanetary Romeo
I'll never see her face - between us there's too much space
Ooh hoo hoo
What more can a poor boy...


[repeat CHORUS]


[SOLO over these chords:]

Em   D   Bm7   Am [x4]  C   Em


OUTRO: [Ad lib lyrics from CHORUS]

[play:  Am   D   G   E [x8]  C   Em]