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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Po' Boy</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Love And Theft</a> (2001)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <hr />
  21
  22 <p>Chords: </p>
  23 <pre class="chords">
  24 Fmaj7   133210  or x-8-10-10-10-12
  25 F6      13x231  or x-8-10-10-10-10
  26 Am/f#   202210  or xx4555 (=F#m7-5)
  27 Bm7-5   x2323x
  28 E7-5    010100  or, more correctly, 010130
  29 D9      x54555  or x54530 (in the bridge)
  30 B5      x2440x
  31 G6      320000
  32 G       320003  or 320033
  33 </pre>
  34
  35 <p>The E7-5 is the combined result of guitar and bass. A plain E7 is just
  36 as good.<br />
  37 The G at the end of the bridge is, just like in Mississippi, more of a
  38 G7sus4 (3x301x) or G11 (3x3211).</p>
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  42 <pre class="tab">
  43   Fmaj7 F6          C     Am/f#       Fmaj7   G6 G  C
  44   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  45 |-12----10--------|-----------------|--------/3-1---0-|-----------------
  46 |-10----10--------|-1-----1---------|/5-5-5-5/5-3---1-|-----------------
  47 |-10----10--------|-0-----2---------|--------(0-0---0)|-----------------
  48 |-10----10--------|-2-----2---------|/5-5-5-5---------|-----------------
  49 |-----------------|-3-----0---------|-----------------|-----------------
  50 |-----------------|-------2---------|-----------------|-----------------
  51 </pre>
  52 <pre class="verse">
  53 C                                 Bm7-5        E7(-5)
  54 Man came to the door, I say, &quot;For whom are you lookin' &quot;
  55                Am                   D9
  56 He says, &quot;Your wife.&quot; I say, &quot;She's busy in the kitchen cookin' &quot;
  57 Fmaj7 F6   C         Am/f#
  58 Po'   boy, where you been?
  59 F(maj7)            G6          G    C
  60 I already told you, won't tell you again.
  61
  62 I say, &quot;How much you want for that?&quot; I go into the store,
  63 Man says, &quot;Three dollars.&quot; &quot;All right,&quot; I say, &quot;Will you take four?&quot;
  64 Po' boy, never say die,
  65 Things will be all right by and by.
  66
  67 Workin' like on the main line, working like a devil,
  68 The game is the same, it's just up on another level.
  69 Po' boy, dressed in black,
  70 Police at your back.         B(5)
  71 </pre>
  72
  73 <pre class="bridge">
  74 Em  B7       Em      B7
  75 Po' boy in a red hot town,
  76 Em     B7                Em
  77  out beyond the twinklin' stars,
  78 E7           Am            E7         Am
  79 Ridin' first class trains, makin' the rounds,
  80 E7                  Am        D9        G
  81 Tryin' to keep from fallin' between the cars
  82 </pre>
  83 <pre class="tab bridge">
  84 G
  85    .       :     .     .             .       :     .     .
  86 ---------|-------------------    ----------|-------------------
  87 -5-6---5-|-8---8-----6-------    --1-3---1-|-5---5-----3-------
  88 -5-7---5-|-9---9-----7------- or ----------|-------------------
  89 ---------|-------------------    --2-3---2-|-5---5-----3-------
  90 ---------|-------------------    ----------|-------------------
  91 ---------|-------------------    ----------|-------------------
  92 </pre>
  93
  94 <pre class="verse">
  95 Othello told Desdemona, &quot;I'm cold, cover me with a blanket,
  96 By the way, what happened to that poisoned wine?&quot;
  97         She said, &quot;I gave it to you, you drank it.&quot;
  98 Po' boy, layin' him straight,
  99 Pickin' up the cherries fallin' off the plate.
 100
 101 Time and love has branded me with its claws
 102 Had to go to Florida dodgin' them Georgia laws.
 103 Po' boy, in the hotel called The Palace of Gloom,
 104 Call down to room service, says &quot;Send up a room.&quot;
 105 </pre>
 106
 107 <pre class="bridge">
 108 My mother was a daughter of a wealthy farmer,
 109 My father was a travelin' salesman, I never met him.
 110 When my mother died, my uncle took me and he ran a funeral parlor.
 111 He did a lot of nice things for me and I won't forget him.
 112 </pre>
 113
 114 <pre class="tab bridge">
 115     .       :     .     .
 116 ----------|-------------------
 117 --1-3---1-|-5---------3-3-----
 118 ----------|-------------------
 119 --2-3---2-|-5---------3-3-----
 120 ----------|-------------------
 121 ----------|-------------------
 122 </pre>
 123
 124 <pre class="verse">
 125 All I know is that I'm thrilled by your kiss,
 126 I don't know any more than this.
 127 Po' boy, pickin' up sticks,
 128 Build you a house out of mortar and bricks.
 129
 130 Knockin' on the door, I said, &quot;Who's it, where you from?&quot;
 131 Man said, &quot;Freddie.&quot;  I said, &quot;Freddie who?&quot;
 132         He said, &quot;Freddie or not, here I come!&quot;
 133 Po' boy, 'neath the stars that shine,
 134 Washin' them dishes, feedin' them swine.
 135
 136 [Intro (slowly)]
 137 </pre>
 138
 139 <hr />
 140
 141 <p>An alternate way of playing the end of the intro:</p>
 142 <pre class="tab">
 143   Fmaj7    G6        C
 144   :    .   .     .       :
 145 |-0--------0---------0-|-------
 146 |-1--------0---3-1---1-|-------
 147 |-2--------0---------0-|-------
 148 |-3--------0---------2-|-------
 149 |-3--------2---------3-|-------
 150 |-1--------3-----------|-------
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