Poor Boy Blues Tab

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Poor Boy Blues
Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins
Neck and Neck 1990


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.


   B                       F#  A       B   E
E|-----------------------------5-------7-------------------|
B|-----------------------------5-------7-------------------|
G|-6-----------------------3---6-------6-------------------|
D|-9-----------------------4---7-------9-------------------|
A|-9-----------------------4---7-------9---2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-|
E|-7-----------------------2---5-------7---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                                          

|E| |E| |E| |E|


E
Do I want you?  Yes I do!

Do I need you?  Baby you know its true

w/Slide
      A
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-/9/6~~~~~-|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

A                            B        E
But I aint' got nothing that you can use
       B7                       A
So I'm sitting on my own here
            B        E
with these poor boy blues


E
One day baby you will see

you're gonna give all your
           A
love to me

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



Intro again


Solo (* = 1/4 bend):

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------7b-rb-b--(7b)-rb-7-5-|
G|-7----7----7b-9--7----7b-9----------------------|
D|---9b---9b---------9b---------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
     *     *         *

and so on...