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POOR BOY

Tuning: Standard


There are various guitars plus piano all contributing to some
fairly fluid harmonies in this one, but here are the chord
shapes for a pretty accurate version. There are only a few
harmonic differences to the Gastel/Thompson version also on
this site, but as it's in standard tuning, the fingerings are
different.


Intro:

Cm7    F9
x35343 x33543

Verse:

Cm7    Bm7/G bass  four times
x35343 3x4232
Bbm7   Eb9         four times
x13121 x11321
Cm7     Bm7/G bass

"Nobody knows..."

C7     Cdim   Fm6/C  Cadd9
x35353 x34242 x33131 x32030


"A poor boy.."

C      C7sus4 F             four times
x32010 x33310 x33211 ...
G7sus4 / G7      twice
353533   353433


notes:

1. For the Bm7/G bass, try ring finger on the bottom string and little
finger on the D string.
2. The 7th in the first chord of "Nobody knows" is a bit optional;
it's in the track, but may be a bit too prominent as part of this
chord.
3. The chords in "Nobody knows" are basically the same as in the
Gastel/Thompson but relabelled a bit.


Tabbed by Chris Healey