Poplar St chords by Glass Animals

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Bm D E
Bm D E
Bm D


Verse 1:
       E     Bm    D
When I was a boy I lived on Poplar Street
       E      Bm         D
Just a little child with plasters on my knees
         E       Bm         D
Watching all the world from high up in the trees
      E   Bm          D           F#       G
I saw Mrs Moore sleep 'round with Mr Keats

Chorus:
Bm
I feel like a new man
D                 E
Red flowers in my bed
Bm
Breathe straight through the crisp air
D                   E
Dead flowers in the sand
Bm
I am a true romantic
D            E
Free falling love addict, and
Bm
I am a true romantic
F#           G
Free falling love addict, yeah

Bm D


Verse 2:
     E      Bm                F#7
Mama always called that woman prosti-tits
                                     G
For wearing lower cuts than most and red lipstick
              Bm                 G
One night Mrs Moore she made her eyes at me
                      Bm                 F#
Pulled me through her door and stuck her teeth in deep


Chorus:
Bm
I feel like a new man
D                 E
Red flowers in my bed
Bm
Breathe straight through the crisp air
F#                  G
Dead flowers in the sand
Bm
I am a true romantic
D/F#         E
Free falling love addict, and
Bm
I am a true romantic
F#           G
Free falling love addict, yeah

Bm D


Bridge:
    F#
And all your days are gone
G
Sitting on the floor
Bm
In your underwear
F#
Begging me for more
    F#7
And all my days are gone
G
Sitting on the floor
Bm
In my underwear
F#
Begging you for more

'Cause


Chorus:
Bm
I am a true romantic
D/F#         E
Free falling love addict, and
Bm
I am a true romantic
F#           G
Free falling love addict, yeah

Bm D E
Bm F# G


Outro:
Bm
Just another boy who lived on Poplar Street
Bm
Tangled up in lust and her exotic needs
Bm
One night, Mrs Moore, she called collect to me
Bm
"I don't love you anymore," she said and ceased to be
Bm
Just another boy
Bm
Just another boy