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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
VERSE 1:
Em D Bm7 Am
My love is alien, I picked her up by chance
C D A Em
She speaks to me with ultra-high frequency
Em D Bm7 Am
A radio band of gold, gonna listen 'til I grow old
C
Ooh hoo hoo
Em
What more can a poor boy...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/split_enz/poor_boy_tab.html ]
CHORUS:
Am D G E
||---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|---0---0---0---0-|
||-----0---1---3---|-3---1---0-------|---3---3---3---3-|-----3---1---0---|
||-2---------------|-------------2---|-0---2---4---5---|-1---------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
do...? What more can a poor boy
Am D G B
|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|-2---2-----------||
|-----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 D Bm7 Am (x4, then) C Em
OUTRO: (Ad lib lyrics from chorus)
Am D G E (x8, then) C Em
\\\\ John Kean
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