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 EE|-----------------------------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 AE|-----------|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...