Poor Boy

Ab        Cm                               Eb 
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination 
Ab        Cm                    Eb 
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed 
Ab        Cm                                 Eb 
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your hallucination 
Ab        Cm                    Eb 
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed 


Ab       Cm                        Eb                  Ab 
I had a dream that trouble always starts in someone's head 
                Cm                           Eb             Ab 
And dreams are real, when you're asleep you may as well be dead 
        Cm                        Eb             Ab 
I predicate the last ten years on figuring we’d meet 
            Cm                       Eb 
After the war, in some strange city on a stranger shore 

 
E               Ebm               Db 
So you think I'd waste my life on this (to be your comfort when you needed me) 
E       Ebm 
Lady everlasting friendship 


Db                              Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination 
Db                   Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed 
Db                              Cm7          Eb 
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your hallucination 
Db                   Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed 

Interlude: Ab Cm  Eb 


Ab        Cm                        Eb         Ab 
We had a time, if we could have it back over again 
          Cm                       Eb         Ab 
I'd be a force, not so polite and not so delicate 
           Cm                       Eb             Ab 
I'd trot around on velvet socks so I could not be felt 
            Cm                                 Eb 
I was your fan, waiting for the day when this god will start to 


E                Ebm          Db 
Talk to me, don't venerate me now (I'm not a golden calf to be adored) 
E                 Ebm 
See my heart beat, smell my sweet skin 


Db                              Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination 
Db                   Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed 
Db                              Cm7          D 
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your hallucination 
Db                   Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed 

Interlude:
Ab Cm  Eb  (x4) 


      Db              Eb 
If I carry you in my heart 
          Db                       Eb 
Will you ease the pain or make it harder 
            Bbm7                       Cm7 
I know you like to let me know you're there (poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination) 
              Bbm7                       Cm7 
If the black clouds come, will you disappear (poor boy, I was a crush) 
          Ab                   Eb 
Is there space in my life for you 
        Dbm7      Ab               Eb 
Will I see you tomorrow or will I ride on 


Db                              Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination 
Db                   Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed 
Db                              Cm7          Eb 
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your hallucination 
Db                   Cm7        Eb 
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed 

Outro:
Db                    Cm7     Eb 
  I could never live up