Poor Boy Uke tab by Nick Drake

11 Chords used in the song: Cm7, Fm7sus2, Bm7, Bbm7, Ebm7sus2, C7, B7, Bb7, C, Fmaj7, G

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Artist: Nick Drake

Album: unknown

Difficulty:

3.61

(Intermediate)

Key: unknownChords

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             |
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                                    - 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      /