Strawbs – Poor Jimmy Wilson (Guitar)

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INTRO: D G D Em D Em (2x) Em D G Em G D
N.C.  D            G          D       Em
Jimmy Wilson had a glass eye, I could see it

       D             Em
And he stuttered sometimes

       D        G          D     Em
And he needed a girlfriend night times

D           Em         G    D
Didn't know how to go about it

Em         D  G    Em         G  D
Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson.

N.C.    D            G            D      Em
All the boys used to tease him, I know I did it

    D         Em
And he was my friend

   D              G      D       Em
At school we were always close together

D        Em           G    D
Hardly a day I didn't see him

Em         D  G    Em         G  D
Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson.
BRIDGE:
Em         B          C            B
He used to go out for walks on his own

     Am        B          Em 
With no-one to talk to at all

                 B             C            B
He'd walk in the park 'til the evening grew dark

     Am              B        Em   -Am-Em
Just feeling quite incredibly small.
INSTRUMENTAL: D G D Em D Em (2x) Em D G Em G D
N.C.   D              G        D      Em
He was sitting in the park one Sunday evening

 D           Em
Around about five

      D           G       D     Em
When along came a lady, a total stranger

D            Em          G    D
Wanted young Jimmy to go with her

Em         D  G    Em         G  D
Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson.

N.C. D                G        D            Em
Well she was so persuasive and seemed quite friendly

   D        Em
So he went along

        D            G      D        Em
And the lady who was lonely gave him tea

    D           Em         G    D
And she was his friend for ever after

Em         D  G    Em         G  D
Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson.
OUTRO: Em B C B Am B Em Am Em (2x)