Split Enz – Poor Boy (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Another great Enz song. Works OK on the guitar but sounds better on the piano. Enjoy, JK ~~~~~~~~ From 'True Colours' and 'Enz of an Era'. Transcribed by John Kean ([email protected]). INTRO: B VERSE 1: 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...

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    do...?                                       What more can a poor boy

  Am                D                 G                 B
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  do...?

VERSE 2: 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... CHORUS (as before) SOLO: Em D Bm7 Am (x4, then) C Em OUTRO: (Ad lib lyrics from chorus) Am D G E (x8, then) C Em \\\\ John Kean OO | ~~~~~~~~~ < ) [email protected] \/ | `--