Poor Boy Blues tab by Mark Knopfler And Chet Atkins

Tabs

Poor Boy Blues
Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins
Neck and Neck 1990
Greg Harper [email protected]

Here is a simple version of the
opening tune to Neck and Neck.
I haven't included all lap steel parts as you
can probably get these yourself.


  BB            F#F# A augmentedA    BB  E MajorE
E|-----------------------------5-------7-------------------|
BB|-----------------------------5-------7-------------------|
G+G|-6-----------------------3---6-------6-------------------|
D MajorD|-9-----------------------4---7-------9-------------------|
A augmentedA|-9-----------------------4---7-------9---2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-|
E MajorE|-7-----------------------2---5-------7---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|E MajorE| |E MajorE| |E MajorE| |E MajorE|


E MajorE
Do I want you? Yes I do!

Do I need you? Baby you know its true

w/Slide
   A augmentedA
E MajorE|-----------|
BB|-----------|
G+G|-/9/6~~~~~-|
D MajorD|-----------|
A augmentedA|-----------|
E MajorE|-----------|

A augmentedA              BB    E MajorE
But I aint' got nothing that you can use
    B7B7            A augmentedA
So I'm sitting on my own here
      BB    E MajorE
with these poor boy blues


E MajorE
One day baby you will see

you're gonna give all your
      A augmentedA
love to me

I'm the one babe
       BB   E MajorE   BB
that you're gonna choose
          A augmentedA
but in the meantime
      BB    E MajorE
I got these poor boy blues


Intro again


Solo (* = 1/4 bend):

E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------7b-rb-b--(7b)-rb-7-5-|
G+G|-7----7----7b-9--7----7b-9----------------------|
D MajorD|---9b---9b---------9b---------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|
   *   *     *

and so on...