Hip (eponymous) Poor Boy

Chords

Standard

G                        D                          G
Well I get into the game but it's always the same, I'm the man with the name
              C         D    G
Hip eponymous poor boy, poor boy
                                               D                           G
Call me whatever you may, I ain't stoppin' the train, I got a pill for the pain
              C         D    G
Hip eponymous poor boy, poor boy

      C                 G
And I know that I can't defeat you
                   D
Yeah but you don't worry now,
                 G
I ain't goin' to preach to you
               C
Well there you go
                              G
But I'll be going right there with you
                     D
Yeah wherever you'll be
                     G
You'll be lookin' at me

                                                  D                             G
So don't get out of your chair, put a bow in your hair, you might be makin' 'em stare
                         C         D     G
So leave the care to the poor boy, poor boy
                                                     D                     G
And that's the name of the game, keep on stayin' the same, ain't nobody to blame
               C             D    G
Nobody but the poor boy, the poor boy

      C                 G
Well okay, so you fell asleep today
                D                              G
What's funny to me though is that you did that yesterday
                    C                                         G
You might think I'm mad for doin' all the things that I don't need to do
                             D
But while you're laughin' at me
                         G
Well I'll be laughin' at you

                                               D                            G
So I get into the game, but always keep it the same, and I'll be usin' your name
                              C         D    G
And they'll be yellin' at me, poor boy, poor boy
                                                    D                           G
But I'll be happy for you, cause you got nothing to do, and I'll be singin' the blues
                       C         D    G
Walking around singin' poor boy, poor boy

    C                         G
Sometimes a cold shiver comes over me
                D                      G
And it turns me on when the song takes over me
       C                                   G
But alright, I can't fight if the odds are against me
                D                           G
But I can't sit still because I know that I will

                                                D                      G
And you'll be watchin' me girl, takin' over the world, let the stripes unfurl
                     C         D    G
Gettin' rich singin' poor boy, poor boy
                                    D                            G
And I'll be coming to play, I do it everyday, and the title will stay,
              C         D    G
Hip eponymous poor boy, poor boy.