Chords for The Wild Party (Off-Broadway) - 6. Poor Child

_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ Poor _
[Bb] child, _ [Eb] poor _ _ [Ab]
child, _ [D] _ beautiful _ _ [Gm] and blue.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Cm] _
Poor [Bb] _ child, _ [Eb] pure _ [Ab] _ child, [D] _ virgin [Cm]
all _ and _ [Fm] used.
Her hair, her smile, her eyes [Cm] so tender.
[Eb] _
_ _ [Fm] Her heart, her soul, her life [Ebm] so [C] broken.
_ _ _ [G]
How [C] much more [Fm] must she [G] endure?
_ _ _ [Cm] Poor _ _ _ child, _ [Eb] poor _
[Ab] _ child, [F] sense of [G] pain and [Cm] her _ _ heart. _
[D] [D] One more [G] girl forever [G]
scarred.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ Poor [Ab] _ child, _ [D] poor child, virgin all [Cm] and used.
_ _ Her _ [D] _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Cm] _ school's [Bb] closed for tonight.
I'll be [Eb] there for my bird.
Let him [Ab] watch that he can kiss a [D] mirror.
Stretch the [Cm] old one a leg.
_ [Fm]
What does she think?
She's twisted, twisted.
[Cm] I want to know who I am.
[Fm] Who does he think he's with?
I've been [Ebm] so strong.
[D] I've been so [C] _ _
[Db] strong.
I've been pretty [C] and battered.
An hour or [Fm] two, most of it [Db] is gone.
[G] Things will start to [Cm] unglue.
Close for a moment [Bb] and say hello.
Her birds will [Eb] be waiting.
Watch a flirt [Ab] begin.
I'll sing her a [A] happy and good thing.
[G] Bring him to me.
I'm bringing him [Cm] to me.
I'm so young [Gm]
now.
She [D] better watch her step [Gm] when birds.
[G]
Or she'll get _ [Dbm] hurt.
_ _ [B]
Poor child, [E] _ poor _ [A] _
[Eb] child, danger [Ab] _ on the [Db]
[Dbm] vine.
_ [E] _ She's a [Gbm] beautiful, virginal, sensitive, generous, [B] poor child.
[Eb] I'll set a whole new score.
_ [Db] And I'll [Ab] make _ _ more. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _