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