My Poor Friend Me Transcription by Johan Karlsson, per.karlsson@jarfalla.mail.telia.com. INTRO 1ST GUITAR:D# F D G D# G D# F INTRO 2ST GUITAR: |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------3-------------------3--| |-------------------------3--0---3--0-3030-----3--0-03-30303-------| |-1-0-----------1-0--3---------------------------------------------| |-----3-1-0--------------------------------------------------------| |-----------3-2----------------------------------------------------| G D# F G I know a man who doesn't have many friends, G D# F C I know a place where he lives where trouble never ends, G D# F G I know it's hard for him to read 'tween the lines, D F G D# G D# F and his day are getting so much shorter, G D# F G he simply turns away instead of bearing down, G D# his ship is crumbling, F C his crew is one of the clowns, G D# F G he doesn't care as long as he can wear the crown, D F G I know this man all too well, D# F it's my poor friend me, D G a portrayal of the great dichotomy (a reminder of a tragic history), D# F it's my poor friend me D G D# G D# F and I'm running out of steam I know there are people who are cynical and vane, they point their finger cuz they can't accept the blame, they live their lives under a blanket of shame and their progeny crawl from underneath it, D# A# lately I've come to see the solution, F G and it begins with me, D# A# but I'm so fallibly human, F D I've picked the lot, but will not turn the key