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Just think of the Emmillions and millions of people
Who Dcould have Emexisted, but Ddidn't eGxist
Yet hDere we aGreG/F#  
And the Emmillions and millions of planets and Dstars
Never lEmisted on anDyone's lGist
And Dhere we aGreF#m  B  
           Bm   EBut Bmoh... wEhat a Bmlife it Eis
      Am  DOh... whaAmt can we DdoAm  
With Dyou
GPoor tG/F#hing, eEmverything's Em7tragic toCday
And your lBmife's a D/F#mess
GPoor tG/F#hing, mEmaybe you lEm7ike it thCat way
That could F#mmake sense I Bguess
Em C Bm
Just think of the Emmillions and millions of horrible tDhings
That can Emhappen, that Dhappen each Gday
But Don we GgoG/F#  
There must Emstill be a few million chances
That Djust a few Emthings could Dstill turn out Gokay
So Don we gGoF#m  B  
     Bm  EBut Bmoh... whaEt a lBmife Eit is
      Am      D  AmOh... what cDan we Amdo
With Dyou
GPoor tG/F#hing, eEmverything's Em7tragic toCday
And your lBmife's a D/F#mess
GPoor tG/F#hing, mEmaybe you likEm7e it that Cway
That could F#mmake sense I gBuess
Em  F# Em  F# Em  F# Em C/E
Bm  E  Bm  E  Bm  E Bm Am/C
GPoor tG/F#hing, eEmverything's Em7tragic toCday
And your lBmife's a D/F#mess
GPoor tG/F#hing, mEmaybe you likEm7e it that Cway
That could F#mmake sense I gBuess
Em   C

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Poor Thing

by Joe Jackson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

F#m

Em7

D/F#

C/E

Am/C

Just think of the millions and millions of people

D Em D G

Who could have existed, but didn't exist

D G G/F#

Yet here we are

Em D

And the millions and millions of planets and stars

Em D G

Never listed on anyone's list

D G F#m B

And here we are

Bm E Bm E Bm E

But oh... what a life it is

Am D Am D Am

Oh... what can we do

With you

G G/F# Em Em7 C

Poor thing, everything's tragic today

Bm D/F#

And your life's a mess

G G/F# Em Em7 C

Poor thing, maybe you like it that way

F#m B

That could make sense I guess

Em C Bm

Em D

Just think of the millions and millions of horrible things

Em D G

That can happen, that happen each day

D G G/F#

But on we go

There must still be a few million chances

D Em D G

That just a few things could still turn out okay

D G F#m B

So on we go

Bm E Bm E Bm E

But oh... what a life it is

Am D Am D Am

Oh... what can we do

With you

G G/F# Em Em7 C

Poor thing, everything's tragic today

Bm D/F#

And your life's a mess

G G/F# Em Em7 C

Poor thing, maybe you like it that way

F#m B

That could make sense I guess

Em F# Em F# Em F# Em C/E

Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm Am/C

G G/F# Em Em7 C

Poor thing, everything's tragic today

Bm D/F#

And your life's a mess

G G/F# Em Em7 C

Poor thing, maybe you like it that way

F#m B

That could make sense I guess

Em C

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