Poor Boy Chords by Belle And Sebastian
Tempo:
99.5 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Ab
Db
Eb
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Ab]
[Db] [C] [Ab]
[Fm] Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Db] your [Ab] imagination.
Poor boy, eyes are crushed.
Poor boy, I could never live up [Db] to your [Ab] hallucination.
Poor boy, eyes are [Bb] crushed again.
[Cm] I had a dream, the trouble always starts in someone's head.
When dreams are real, when you're asleep, you may as [Ab] well be dead.
[Cm] I've predicated the last ten years on figuring [Ab] with me.
[Cm] After the war, in some strange city on a [E] stringer.
Surely you'll agree, [Ebm] I've wasted my life [Db] on this.
To be your comfort when you needed [E] me.
Maybe [Abm]
[Ebm] everlasting [Db] friendship.
Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Ab] your imagination.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
[Db] Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Ab] your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
[Ab] We [Cm] had a time, if we could have it back [Ab] over again.
I'd [Cm] be a force, not so polite, not so [Ab] delicate.
I'd [Cm] turn around, unveil it's slump so I could [Ab] not be felt.
I [Cm] was your fan, waiting for the day when the [Ab] sky was [E] dark.
So don't talk to me, [Ebm] don't venerate me [Db] now.
I'm not a golden cat to be [E] adored.
You see my [Ebm] heartbeat, smell my sweet [Db] skin.
Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to [Ab] your [Db] imagination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
Again.
[Eb] [Db] Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to [Ab] your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Ab] eyes are crushed.
If [Db] I carry you in [Eb] my heart,
will [Db] you ease the pain or make it [Eb] harder?
I know [Bbm] you'd like to let me know [Cm] you're there.
The [Bbm] black eyes grow into [Cm] soft fear.
[Ab] Is there space in my life for [Eb] you?
Will [Dbm] I see you [Ab] tomorrow?
Or will I [Eb] ride on?
[Bbm] Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to your [Fm] imagination.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm]
eyes are crushed.
[Eb] Again.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm] I could never live up to your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
[Eb] Again.
[Db] [C] [Ab]
[Fm] Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Db] your [Ab] imagination.
Poor boy, eyes are crushed.
Poor boy, I could never live up [Db] to your [Ab] hallucination.
Poor boy, eyes are [Bb] crushed again.
[Cm] I had a dream, the trouble always starts in someone's head.
When dreams are real, when you're asleep, you may as [Ab] well be dead.
[Cm] I've predicated the last ten years on figuring [Ab] with me.
[Cm] After the war, in some strange city on a [E] stringer.
Surely you'll agree, [Ebm] I've wasted my life [Db] on this.
To be your comfort when you needed [E] me.
Maybe [Abm]
[Ebm] everlasting [Db] friendship.
Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Ab] your imagination.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
[Db] Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Ab] your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
[Ab] We [Cm] had a time, if we could have it back [Ab] over again.
I'd [Cm] be a force, not so polite, not so [Ab] delicate.
I'd [Cm] turn around, unveil it's slump so I could [Ab] not be felt.
I [Cm] was your fan, waiting for the day when the [Ab] sky was [E] dark.
So don't talk to me, [Ebm] don't venerate me [Db] now.
I'm not a golden cat to be [E] adored.
You see my [Ebm] heartbeat, smell my sweet [Db] skin.
Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to [Ab] your [Db] imagination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
Again.
[Eb] [Db] Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to [Ab] your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Ab] eyes are crushed.
If [Db] I carry you in [Eb] my heart,
will [Db] you ease the pain or make it [Eb] harder?
I know [Bbm] you'd like to let me know [Cm] you're there.
The [Bbm] black eyes grow into [Cm] soft fear.
[Ab] Is there space in my life for [Eb] you?
Will [Dbm] I see you [Ab] tomorrow?
Or will I [Eb] ride on?
[Bbm] Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to your [Fm] imagination.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm]
eyes are crushed.
[Eb] Again.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm] I could never live up to your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
[Eb] Again.
Key:
Cm
Ab
Db
Eb
E
Cm
Ab
Db
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Db] your [Ab] imagination.
Poor boy, eyes are crushed.
_ _ Poor boy, I could never live up [Db] to your [Ab] hallucination.
Poor boy, eyes are [Bb] crushed again.
[Cm] I had a dream, the trouble always starts in someone's head.
When dreams are real, when you're asleep, you may as [Ab] well be dead.
[Cm] I've predicated the last ten years on figuring [Ab] with me.
[Cm] After the war, in some strange city on a [E] stringer.
Surely you'll agree, [Ebm] I've wasted my life [Db] on this.
To be your comfort when you needed [E] me.
Maybe [Abm]
[Ebm] everlasting _ _ [Db] friendship.
Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Ab] your imagination.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
_ _ [Db] Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Ab] your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ We [Cm] had a time, if we could have it back [Ab] over again.
I'd [Cm] be a force, not so polite, not so [Ab] delicate.
I'd [Cm] turn around, unveil it's slump so I could [Ab] not be felt.
I [Cm] was your fan, waiting for the day when the [Ab] sky was [E] dark.
So don't talk to me, [Ebm] don't _ venerate me [Db] now.
I'm not a golden cat to be [E] adored.
You see my [Ebm] heartbeat, smell my sweet [Db] skin.
Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to [Ab] your [Db] imagination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
Again.
[Eb] _ [Db] Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to [Ab] your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Ab] eyes are crushed.
If [Db] I carry you in [Eb] my heart,
will [Db] you ease the pain or make it [Eb] harder?
I know [Bbm] you'd like to let me know [Cm] you're there.
The [Bbm] black eyes grow into [Cm] soft fear.
[Ab] Is there space in my life for [Eb] you?
_ Will [Dbm] I see _ you [Ab] tomorrow?
Or will I [Eb] _ ride on?
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to your [Fm] imagination.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm]
eyes are crushed.
[Eb] Again.
_ [Db] Poor boy, [Cm] I could never live up to your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
[Eb] Again. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Db] your [Ab] imagination.
Poor boy, eyes are crushed.
_ _ Poor boy, I could never live up [Db] to your [Ab] hallucination.
Poor boy, eyes are [Bb] crushed again.
[Cm] I had a dream, the trouble always starts in someone's head.
When dreams are real, when you're asleep, you may as [Ab] well be dead.
[Cm] I've predicated the last ten years on figuring [Ab] with me.
[Cm] After the war, in some strange city on a [E] stringer.
Surely you'll agree, [Ebm] I've wasted my life [Db] on this.
To be your comfort when you needed [E] me.
Maybe [Abm]
[Ebm] everlasting _ _ [Db] friendship.
Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Ab] your imagination.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
_ _ [Db] Poor boy, I [Cm] could never live up to [Ab] your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ We [Cm] had a time, if we could have it back [Ab] over again.
I'd [Cm] be a force, not so polite, not so [Ab] delicate.
I'd [Cm] turn around, unveil it's slump so I could [Ab] not be felt.
I [Cm] was your fan, waiting for the day when the [Ab] sky was [E] dark.
So don't talk to me, [Ebm] don't _ venerate me [Db] now.
I'm not a golden cat to be [E] adored.
You see my [Ebm] heartbeat, smell my sweet [Db] skin.
Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to [Ab] your [Db] imagination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
Again.
[Eb] _ [Db] Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to [Ab] your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Ab] eyes are crushed.
If [Db] I carry you in [Eb] my heart,
will [Db] you ease the pain or make it [Eb] harder?
I know [Bbm] you'd like to let me know [Cm] you're there.
The [Bbm] black eyes grow into [Cm] soft fear.
[Ab] Is there space in my life for [Eb] you?
_ Will [Dbm] I see _ you [Ab] tomorrow?
Or will I [Eb] _ ride on?
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] Poor boy, I could [Cm] never live up to your [Fm] imagination.
[Db] Poor boy, [Cm]
eyes are crushed.
[Eb] Again.
_ [Db] Poor boy, [Cm] I could never live up to your [Db] hallucination.
Poor boy, [Cm] eyes are crushed.
[Eb] Again. _ _ _ _ _