Poor Boy The Greenwood chords by Electric Light Orchestra

Chords with lyrics

Electric Light Orchestra - Poor Boy (The Greenwood) from the album Eldorado

G+G G/BG/B G/DG/D G+G 2×

VERSE 1:
G+G       B minorBm       C majorC         G+G
Me I'm just a poor boy, from across the far southland,
     E minorEm      B minorBm         C majorC        D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
And I've traveled many days to reach this place to mke my sta - and ,
A minorAm   G+G   Am6Am6   G/DG/D    DmDm   C majorC    C minorCm
I fell in with a merry band, and drank away the hours.

CHORUS:
E minorEm   B minorBm      C majorC    G+G
Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
    E minorEm   B minorBm       C majorC   G+G
And my head is high, from the battle won,
BdimBdim A minorAm Bbdim7Bbdim7 B minorBm  Am/C C majorC  G/C G+G
Laid down my   life for the Greenwood

VERSE 2:
  G+G         B minorBm         C majorC        G+G
The city boys, and the country boys, they come from miles around,
   E minorEm        B minorBm        C majorC          D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
To defy their king and country, save the poor folks from the ha - and,
    A minorAm    G+G     Am6Am6   G/DG/D   DmDm   C majorC   C minorCm
Of the thieving dukes and abbotts, and the gentry of the land.

CHORUS:
E minorEm   B minorBm      C majorC    G+G
Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
    E minorEm   B minorBm       C majorC   G+G
And my head is high, from the battle won,
BdimBdim A minorAm  Bbdim7Bbdim7 B minorBm  Am/C C majorC  G/C G+G
Laid down  my  life for the Greenwood

VERSE 3:
G+G      B minorBm        C majorC    G+G
 Sweet Maid Marion, don't you do me no wrong,
E minorEm      B minorBm       C majorC         D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
 Stay on the right side, the Greenwood is your ho - ome,
  A minorAm   G+G       Am6Am6 G/DG/D    DmDm    C majorC     C minorCm
The dancing girls and the open fires, the wine that flows like water.

CHORUS:
E minorEm   B minorBm      C majorC    G+G
Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
    E minorEm   B minorBm       C majorC   G+G
And my head is high, from the battle won,
BdimBdim A minorAm  Bbdim7Bbdim7 B minorBm  Am/C C majorC  G/C G+G   A minorAm C majorC A minorAm C majorC