Po Boy Ukulele chords by Bob Dylan

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

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: soprano C

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CHORDS
    g-C-E-A
Fmaj7  2-4-1-0
F6   2-2-1-0
F#m7-5 2-4-2-3
G6   0-4-3-2
D9   2-4-2-3
Fadd9  0-0-1-0
Bm7-5  2-2-1-2
E7   1-2-0-2
Em   0-4-3-2
B7   4-3-2-0

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Intro:
| Fmaj7 F6 | C F#m7-5 | D9 G | C Fadd9 |


Verse:
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:
 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:
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    Fadd9
Tryin’ to keep from fallin’ between the cars


Verse:
    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:
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     Fadd9
He did a lot of nice things for me and I won’t forget him


Verse:
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:
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 | D9 G | C