Nick Drake - Poor Boy song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYJyp4EIbI note: see below for chords 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 | | - 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 / ____________________________________________________________________________ CHORDS Cm7 Bm7 Bbm7 Ebm7sus2 C7 B7 Bb7 C Fmaj7 G Fm7sus2 e|------------------------------------------------3-----------| B|-8---7----6------6-------8---7---6----8---10----3---8-------| G|-8---7----6------6-------9---8---7----9---9-----4---8-------| D|-8---7----6------8-------8---7---6----10--10----5---10------| A|-10--9----8------6-------10--9---8----10--8-----5---8-------| E|-8---7----6--------------8---7---6----8---------3-----------|
