Poor Boy — Blind Pilot
Chords and lyrics for Poor Boy by Blind Pilot (key of Dm).
Verse 1
Chords Used:
[G/C] [G/Em] [Em] [Fmaj7] [Fm] [Dm] [G]
Intro: 2x
(C with changing B string note)
Intro part2:
[G/C] [G/Em] [Em] [Fmaj7]
[G/C] [G/Em] [Dm] [Fmaj7]
[G/C]Poor[G/Em] boy, [Em]why don't you [Fmaj7]try getting [G/C][G/Em]water?[Fmaj7][Dm]
[G/C]Poor[G/Em] boy, [Em]why don't you [Fmaj7]try getting [G/C][G/Em]sleep?[Fmaj7][Dm]
[G/C]I [G/Em]think if [Em]one of us is [Fmaj7]going to [G/C][G/Em]suffer[Dm]
Why [Fmaj7]shouldn't it be [G/C][G/Em]me?[Fmaj7][Dm]
[G/C]Poor [G/Em]boy, your [Em]wife is [Fmaj7]in hard [G/C][G/Em]labor[Fmaj7][Dm]
The [G/C]rhythm you [G/Em]know is [Em]pulsing and [Fmaj7]drifting to the [G/C][G/Em]grave[Fmaj7][Dm]
[G/C]When you come [G/Em]to you'll be [Em]asking [Fmaj7]yourself just one [G/C][G/Em]question[Dm]
Was I [Fmaj7]always this [G/C][G/Em]way?[Dm]
Was I [Fmaj7]always this [G/C][G/Em]way?[Fmaj7][Dm]
[G/C] [G/Em] [Dm] [Fmaj7]
[G/C]Think back a [G/Em]year when [Em]everything [Fmaj7]stood at the [G/C][G/Em]surface[Fmaj7][Dm]
But [G/C]bandage your [G/Em]cuts 'cause you [Em]don't know what [Fmaj7]swims [G/C][G/Em]underneath[Dm]
[Fmaj7]
[G/C]Hold [G/Em]tight the [Em]bondage of [Fmaj7]this life is [G/C][G/Em]slipping[Dm]
Why [Fmaj7]shouldn't it be [G/C][G/Em]me?[Dm]
Why [Fmaj7]shouldn't it be [G/C][G/Em]me?[Fmaj7][Dm]
[G/C] [G/Em] [Dm] [G] [Fmaj7]
When I come [Fm]back
You'll be the [G/C]brightest star[G/Em] in the [Dm][G]black[Fmaj7]
When there are [Fm]days
That you want the [G/C]call we're [G/Em]all waiting [Dm]for[G]
Think [G/C][G/Em]back[Fmaj7][Dm]
[G/C] [G/Em] [Dm] [Fmaj7]
[G/C]Poor [G/Em]boy, your [Em]wife is [Fmaj7]in hard [G/C][G/Em]labor[Fmaj7][Dm]
[G/C]Go [G/Em]buy the [Em]flowers you'll [Fmaj7]leave on its [G/C][G/Em]grave[Fmaj7][Dm]
You [G/C]went with the [G/Em]goal of [Em]movement now [Fmaj7]one thing is [G/C][G/Em]different[Dm]
You [Fmaj7]don't want to [G/C][G/Em]change[Dm]
Fmaj7 G/C (hold)
I don't want to change
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