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Another great Enz song. Works OK on the guitar but sounds better on the
piano.
Enjoy,
JK


Poor Boy  - Split Enz
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From 'True Colours' and 'Enz of an Era'.

Transcribed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).


INTRO:
B (x2444x@1)VERSE 1:
Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Bm7 (x20202@1)         Am (x02210@1)My love is alien, I picked her up by chance
C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)       Em (022000@1)She speaks to me with ultra-high frequency
Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)          Bm7 (x20202@1)              Am (x02210@1)A radio band of gold, gonna listen 'til I grow old
C (x32010@1)Ooh hoo hoo
Em (022000@1)What more can a poor boy...

CHORUS:
   Am (x02210@1)              D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)               E||---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|---0---0---0---0-| (022100@1)||-----0---1---3---|-3---1---0-------|---3---3---3---3-|-----3---1---0---|
||-2---------------|-------------2---|-0---2---4---5---|-1---------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    do...?                                       What more can apoor (x02210@1)boy

  Am (x02210@1)              D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)               B|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-2---2-----------|| (x2444x@1)|-----0---1---3---|-3---1---0-------|---3---3---3---3-|-4---4-----------||
|-2---------------|-------------2---|-0---2---4---5---|-4---4-----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-4---4-----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2-----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
  do...?

VERSE 2:
 The crackle of the radio, a message in the evening sky
 You're looking at an interplanetary Romeo
 I'll never see her face - between us there's too much space
 Ooh hoo hoo
 What more can a poor boy...

CHORUS (as before)

SOLO:
 Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) Bm7 (x20202@1) Am (x02210@1)(x4, then)  C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)OUTRO: (Ad lib lyrics from chorus)
 Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  E (022100@1) (x8, then)  C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)
   \\   John Kean
   OO |   ~~~~~~~~~
   <  )   keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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