Poppy chords by Zee Avi

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

My baby he don’t act like himself no more

He lost that
C#
smile I
F#m
use to
Bm
adore

He spend
G#
his nights slapping his veins
F#
He lost that glow he used to have on his
G#
face

F#
Empty, burned
B
bottle on the carpet
G#m
My


E
baby lying beside
C#m
it

Tin foil
B
and melted sugar everywhere

He said his
C#m
provider was his
B
pharmacist


A#m
friend

Ben

I swear I’m gonna kill him
F#
because
I swear I’m gonna kill him because because because

The
B
poppy took my
G#m
baby away from
E
me

The poppy
C#m
took my
B
baby away from me
G#m
The poppy
E
took my baby
C#m
away from me

The
D#m
poppy took my baby
E
away from me
C#m

My baby used
D#
to repeat the news

And now he talks about dragons on
D#m
the

wall

Used to love German expressionism
F#
films
B
Now he drinks
G#m
until he falls

I was
C#m
confused,


F#
didn’t


B
know what to do

So I
E
called


D#m
his momma, had her
B
come on over

She got him off
D#m
the ground, started slapping him around

And now she
E
cried, she said she said she
B
said

The
G#m
poppy took
E
my baby away from me
The poppy took my baby away from me

The
C#m
poppy took my
B
baby away from me

The poppy took my
C#m
baby away
B
from

me

The poppy
D#m
took


E
my baby away
C#m
from

me
B