Po Boy chords by Bob Dylan

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

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     Po’ Boy – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Love and Theft” (2001)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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Intro: / Coda:
 Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6     C majorC   F#m7-5   D9D9   G+G    C majorC     F/GF/G
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|12----10--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|--8-------------/5-------3-0-----|1---------1-----|
G+G|12----10--------/9---9-9---------|--5-5-5-0-------|0---------2-----|
D MajorD|----------------|------10--------/3---------------|2---------3-----|
A augmentedA|----------------|------9---------|----------------|3---------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|

Turnaround:
 F6F6   G6G6 G+G  C majorC
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------0-------|----------------|
BB|--3---3-0-3---1-|----1-----------|
G+G|--2---2---0---0-|----0-0---0-----|
D/3---------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|3-----------2---|
E MajorE|--------3-------|--------3-------|


Link: Middle 8 ==> Verse
 F/GF/G :
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
BB|--1-3-1/5-----3-|----------------|
G+G|----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|--2-3-2/5-----3-|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|

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CHORDS
    E-A-D-G-B-e
Fmaj7Fmaj7  1-x-3-2-1-0
F6F6   1-x-3-2-3-x
F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-x
D9D9   x-5-4-5-5-x
F/GF/G   3-x-3-2-1-x
Bm7-5  x-2-3-2-3-x
G/BG/B   x-2-0-0-0-x
E minorEm   0-2-2-0-0-3

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Intro:
| Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6 | C majorC F#m7-5 | F6F6  G6G6 G+G | C majorC F/GF/G |

Verse 1:
C majorC                 Bm7-5    E7E7
Man comes to the door—I say, “For whom are you looking?”
        A minorAm          D9D9
He says, “Your wife,” I say, “She’s busy in the kitchen cookin’”
Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6  C majorC     F#m7-5
 Poor boy — where you been?
  F6F6           G6G6  G+G  C majorC
I already tol’ you — won’t tell you again


Verse 2:
 C majorC                  Bm7-5    E7E7
I say, “How much you want for that?” I go into the store
A minorAm               D9D9
Man says, “Three dollars.” “All right,” I say, “Will you take four?”
Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6  C majorC     F#m7-5
 Poor boy — never say die
F6F6         G6G6  G+G    C majorC
Things will be all right by and by


Verse 3:
C majorC             Bm7-5      E7E7
Workin’ on the mainline — workin’ like the devil
  A minorAm               D9D9
The game is the same — it’s just up on another level
Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6  C majorC     F#m7-5
 Poor boy — dressed in black
F6F6   G6G6 G+G  | C majorC  G/BG/B |
 Police at your back


Middle 8:
E minorEm  B7B7    E minorEm   B7B7
 Poor boy in a red hot town
E minorEm  B7B7    E minorEm    B7B7
Out beyond the twinklin’ stars
E7E7         A minorAm    E7E7     A minorAm
Ridin’ first-class trains — making the rounds
E7E7         A minorAm    D9D9    F/GF/G
Tryin’ to keep from fallin’ between the cars  (LINK]


Verse 4:
    C majorC             Bm7-5      E7E7
Othello told Desdemona, “I’m cold, cover me with a blanket
    A minorAm                   D9D9
By the way, what happened to that poison wine?” She says, “I gave it to you, you drank it”
Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6  C majorC     F#m7-5
 Poor boy, layin’ ’em straight
F6F6           G6G6   G+G    C majorC
Pickin’ up the cherries fallin’ off the plate


Verse 5:
C majorC             Bm7-5    E7E7
Time and love has branded me with its claws
A minorAm              D9D9
Had to go to Florida, dodgin’ them Georgia laws
Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6             C majorC     C/GC/G
Poor boy, in the hotel called the Palace of Gloom
       F6F6         G6G6  G+G  | C majorC  G/BG/B |
Call down to room service, says send up a room


Middle 8:
E minorEm        B7B7      E minorEm    B7B7
 My mother was a daughter of a wealthy farmer
  E minorEm           B7B7        E minorEm    B7B7
My father was a traveling salesman, I never met him
E7E7       A minorAm       E7E7     A minorAm
When my mother died, my uncle took me in—he ran a funeral parlor
E7E7          A minorAm        D9D9     F/GF/G
He did a lot of nice things for me and I won’t forget him (LINK]


Verse 6:
C majorC           Bm7-5      E7E7
All I know is that I’m thrilled by your kiss
A minorAm        D9D9
 I don’t know any more than this
Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6  C majorC     F#m7-5
 Poor boy, pickin’ up sticks
F6F6           G6G6 G+G    C majorC
Build ya a house out of mortar and bricks


Verse 7:
C majorC               Bm7-5            E7E7
 Knockin’ on the door, I say, “Who is it and where are you from?”
A minorAm                         D9D9
Man says, “Freddy!” I say, “Freddy who?” He says, “Freddy or not here I come”
Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6       C majorC     F#m7-5
 Poor boy ’neath the stars that shine
F6F6          G6G6   G+G  C majorC
Washin’ them dishes, feedin’ them swine


Coda:
| Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6 | C majorC F#m7-5 | F6F6 G6G6 G+G | C majorC

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