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Poor Little Rich Boy

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Poor Little Rich Boy- Regina Spektor
Intro: G (for 4 measures)
Poor little rich boEm7y, alD7/F#l the couples have Ggone
You wish that they hadn’Em7t, you D7/F#don’t wanna be alonGe
But they wanna kisEm7s, and they D7/F#got homes of their owGn
Poor little rich boEm7y, alD7/F#l the couples have Ggone, have D7/F#gone, have Em7gone
And you Ddon’t D/F#love your girGlfriend
You Ddon’t D/F#love your girGlfriend
And you Dthink D/F#that you should but she Gthinks that she’s D/F#fat
But she isGn’t but you don’t D/F#love her anyDway
And you D/F#don’t love Gyour moDther
And you D/F#know that Gyou shoulDd
And you D/F#think that you Gshould
But you D/F#don’t anyDway
GPoor little rich boEm7y, all the D/F#world is okaGy
The water runs off your skiEm7n and down D/F#into the draiGn
You’re reading FitzgeralEm7d, you’re reading D/F#HemingwaGy
They’re both super-smarEm7t and drinking D/F#in  the cafGéD/F#  Em7  
And you Ddon’t D/F#love your girGlfriend
You Ddon’t D/F#love your girGlfriend
And you Dthink D/F#that you should but she Gthinks that she’s D/F#fat
But she isGn’t but you don’t D/F#love her anyDway
And you Ddon’t love D/F#your moGther
You Dknow that D/F#you shoulGd
And you D/F#wish that you Gwould
But you D/F#don’t anyGway
(fast)
DYou’re so young, you’re so D7/Cgoddamn young
You’Bm7re so young, you’re so Ggoddamn Fyoung
You’Dre so young, you’re sD7/Co goddamn young
You’re so Bm7goddamn young, you’re so Ggoddamn Fyoung
DYou’re so young, you’re so D7/Cgoddamn young
(slowing down)
Bm7You’re so young, you’re so Ggoddamn Fyoung
(slow)
You’re so Dgoddamn young, you’re so D7/Cgoddamn young
You’re so Bm7goddamn young, you’re so Ggoddamn Fyoung
And you Ddon’t love your D/F#girl-frGiend
And you Ddon’t love your D/F#girl-frGiend
And you Ddon’t love your D/F#girl-frGiend
And you Ddon’t love your D/F#girl-frGiend

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Poor Little Rich Boy

by Regina Spektor

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

D7/F#

D/F#

D7/C

Bm7

Poor Little Rich Boy- Regina Spektor

Intro: G (for 4 measures)

Em7 D7/F# G

Poor little rich boy, all the couples have gone

Em7 D7/F# G

You wish that they hadn’t, you don’t wanna be alone

Em7 D7/F# G

But they wanna kiss, and they got homes of their own

Em7 D7/F# G D7/F# Em7

Poor little rich boy, all the couples have gone, have gone, have gone

D D/F# G

And you don’t love your girlfriend

D D/F# G

You don’t love your girlfriend

D D/F# G D/F#

And you think that you should but she thinks that she’s fat

G D/F# D

But she isn’t but you don’t love her anyway

D/F# G D

And you don’t love your mother

D/F# G D

And you know that you should

D/F# G

And you think that you should

D/F# D

But you don’t anyway

G Em7 D/F# G

Poor little rich boy, all the world is okay

Em7 D/F# G

The water runs off your skin and down into the drain

Em7 D/F# G

You’re reading Fitzgerald, you’re reading Hemingway

Em7 D/F# G D/F# Em7

They’re both super-smart and drinking in the café

D D/F# G

And you don’t love your girlfriend

D D/F# G

You don’t love your girlfriend

D D/F# G D/F#

And you think that you should but she thinks that she’s fat

G D/F# D

But she isn’t but you don’t love her anyway

D D/F# G

And you don’t love your mother

D D/F# G

You know that you should

D/F# G

And you wish that you would

D/F# G

But you don’t anyway

(fast)

D D7/C