Nick Drake – Poor Boy (Guitar)

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note: see below for chords INTRO Cm7 Fm7sus2 x2 VERSE 1

Cm7         Bm7
  Never sing for my supper

Cm7                Bm7
  I never helped my neighbour

Cm7       Bm7
  Never do what is proper

Cm7                   Bm7
  For my fair share of 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

     Bm7
I may 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   Fmaj7
 Oh poor boy

C                Fmaj7 
 So sorry for himself

C   Fmaj7
 Oh poor boy

C                   Fmaj7
 So worried for his health

        G
You may say every day

                     Cm7
Where will he stay tonight

SOLO Cm7 Fm7sus2 x2 VERSE 2

Cm7         Bm7
  Never know what I came for

Cm7                 Bm7
  Seems that I?ve forgotten

Cm7        Bm7
  Never ask what I came from

Cm7              Bm7
  Or how I was begotten

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 

        Bm7
Changing 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   Fmaj7
 Oh poor boy

C                   Fmaj7
 So worried for his life

C   Fmaj7
 Oh poor boy

C                  Fmaj7
 So keen to take a wife

       G
He?s a mess but he?ll say yes

                     Cm7
If you just dress in white

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   Fmaj7
 Oh poor boy

C                Fmaj7
 So sorry for himself

C   Fmaj7
 Oh poor boy

C                   Fmaj7
 So worried for his health

        G
You may say every day

                     Cm7
Where will he stay tonight

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      /

____________________________________________________________________________ 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-----------|