Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE
B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE
B minorBm D MajorD
Verse 1:
E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD
When I was a boy I lived on Poplar Street
E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD
Just a little child with plasters on my knees
E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD
Watching all the world from high up in the trees
E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD F#F# G+G
I saw Mrs Moore sleep 'round with Mr Keats
Chorus:
B minorBm
I feel like a new man
D MajorD E MajorE
Red flowers in my bed
B minorBm
Breathe straight through the crisp air
D MajorD E MajorE
Dead flowers in the sand
B minorBm
I am a true romantic
D MajorD E MajorE
Free falling love addict, and
B minorBm
I am a true romantic
F#F# G+G
Free falling love addict, yeah
B minorBm D MajorD
Verse 2:
E MajorE B minorBm F#7F#7
Mama always called that woman prosti-tits
G+G
For wearing lower cuts than most and red lipstick
B minorBm G+G
One night Mrs Moore she made her eyes at me
B minorBm F#F#
Pulled me through her door and stuck her teeth in deep
Chorus:
B minorBm
I feel like a new man
D MajorD E MajorE
Red flowers in my bed
B minorBm
Breathe straight through the crisp air
F#F# G+G
Dead flowers in the sand
B minorBm
I am a true romantic
D/F#D/F# E MajorE
Free falling love addict, and
B minorBm
I am a true romantic
F#F# G+G
Free falling love addict, yeah
B minorBm D MajorD
Bridge:
F#F#
And all your days are gone
G+G
Sitting on the floor
B minorBm
In your underwear
F#F#
Begging me for more
F#7F#7
And all my days are gone
G+G
Sitting on the floor
B minorBm
In my underwear
F#F#
Begging you for more
'Cause
Chorus:
B minorBm
I am a true romantic
D/F#D/F# E MajorE
Free falling love addict, and
B minorBm
I am a true romantic
F#F# G+G
Free falling love addict, yeah
B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE
B minorBm F#F# G+G
Outro:
B minorBm
Just another boy who lived on Poplar Street
B minorBm
Tangled up in lust and her exotic needs
B minorBm
One night, Mrs Moore, she called collect to me
B minorBm
"I don't love you anymore," she said and ceased to be
B minorBm
Just another boy
B minorBm
Just another boy