Po Boy chords by Bob Dylan

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

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:
 Fmaj7 F6     C   F#m7-5   D9   G    C     F/G
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|12----10--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--8-------------/5-------3-0-----|1---------1-----|
G|12----10--------/9---9-9---------|--5-5-5-0-------|0---------2-----|
D|----------------|------10--------/3---------------|2---------3-----|
A|----------------|------9---------|----------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|

Turnaround:
 F6   G6 G  C
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------0-------|----------------|
B|--3---3-0-3---1-|----1-----------|
G|--2---2---0---0-|----0-0---0-----|
D/3---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|3-----------2---|
E|--------3-------|--------3-------|


Link: Middle 8 ==> Verse
 F/G :
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|--1-3-1/5-----3-|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|--2-3-2/5-----3-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

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CHORDS
    E-A-D-G-B-e
Fmaj7  1-x-3-2-1-0
F6   1-x-3-2-3-x
F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-x
D9   x-5-4-5-5-x
F/G   3-x-3-2-1-x
Bm7-5  x-2-3-2-3-x
G/B   x-2-0-0-0-x
Em   0-2-2-0-0-3

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Intro:
| Fmaj7 F6 | C F#m7-5 | F6  G6 G | C F/G |


Verse 1:
C                 Bm7-5    E7
Man comes to the door—I say, “For whom are you looking?”
        Am          D9
He says, “Your wife,” I say, “She’s busy in the kitchen cookin’”
Fmaj7 F6  C     F#m7-5
 Poor boy — where you been?
  F6           G6  G  C
I already tol’ you — won’t tell you again


Verse 2:
 C                  Bm7-5    E7
I say, “How much you want for that?” I go into the store
Am               D9
Man says, “Three dollars.” “All right,” I say, “Will you take four?”
Fmaj7 F6  C     F#m7-5
 Poor boy — never say die
F6         G6  G    C
Things will be all right by and by


Verse 3:
C             Bm7-5      E7
Workin’ on the mainline — workin’ like the devil
  Am               D9
The game is the same — it’s just up on another level
Fmaj7 F6  C     F#m7-5
 Poor boy — dressed in black
F6   G6 G  | C  G/B |
 Police at your back


Middle 8:
Em  B7    Em   B7
 Poor boy in a red hot town
Em  B7    Em    B7
Out beyond the twinklin’ stars
E7         Am    E7     Am
Ridin’ first-class trains — making the rounds
E7         Am    D9    F/G
Tryin’ to keep from fallin’ between the cars  (LINK]


Verse 4:
    C             Bm7-5      E7
Othello told Desdemona, “I’m cold, cover me with a blanket
    Am                   D9
By the way, what happened to that poison wine?” She says, “I gave it to you, you drank it”
Fmaj7 F6  C     F#m7-5
 Poor boy, layin’ ’em straight
F6           G6   G    C
Pickin’ up the cherries fallin’ off the plate


Verse 5:
C             Bm7-5    E7
Time and love has branded me with its claws
Am              D9
Had to go to Florida, dodgin’ them Georgia laws
Fmaj7 F6             C     C/G
Poor boy, in the hotel called the Palace of Gloom
       F6         G6  G  | C  G/B |
Call down to room service, says send up a room


Middle 8:
Em        B7      Em    B7
 My mother was a daughter of a wealthy farmer
  Em           B7        Em    B7
My father was a traveling salesman, I never met him
E7       Am       E7     Am
When my mother died, my uncle took me in—he ran a funeral parlor
E7          Am        D9     F/G
He did a lot of nice things for me and I won’t forget him (LINK]


Verse 6:
C           Bm7-5      E7
All I know is that I’m thrilled by your kiss
Am        D9
 I don’t know any more than this
Fmaj7 F6  C     F#m7-5
 Poor boy, pickin’ up sticks
F6           G6 G    C
Build ya a house out of mortar and bricks


Verse 7:
C               Bm7-5            E7
 Knockin’ on the door, I say, “Who is it and where are you from?”
Am                         D9
Man says, “Freddy!” I say, “Freddy who?” He says, “Freddy or not here I come”
Fmaj7 F6       C     F#m7-5
 Poor boy ’neath the stars that shine
F6          G6   G  C
Washin’ them dishes, feedin’ them swine


Coda:
| Fmaj7 F6 | C F#m7-5 | F6 G6 G | C