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Poor Happy Jimmy

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Bbminor
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A7+5-95-X-5-6-6-6
A#7+5-96-X-6-7-7-7
Ab7-54-X-4-5-3-X
A7-5X-0-1-0-2-X
C7+5-98-X-8-9-9-9
C#7+5-99-X-9-10-10-10
| F9| Fadd9| F| |
| F9| Fadd9| F| |
F9Give him a soft guitarF6  F7  
to play what he chooseF6  F7  
He ain't got no fancy chordsF6  F7  
A7+5-9Poor happy Dm9Jimmy
I A13didn't know him very A7+5-9well but he was Dm9with me
And I Bb9won't take a dime just to Eb9make it rhyme
Cause I Am7cried and cried the Ab9-5day he died
Gm7Poor C7+5-9  Gb9happy
| F| F6| F| F6| F7   F6  F7  
Jimmy Give him sweet melodies
he sing with all he hasF6  F7  
He got a funky paraphraseF6  F7  
A7+5-9Poor happy Dm9Jimmy
I A13didn't know him very A7+5-9well but he was Dm9with me
And I Bb9won't put the blame on the Eb9aeroplane
But I Am7boo-hoo'd on the Ab9-5day he flew
Gm7Poor C7+5-9  Gb9happy
| F   Fsus4| F   Fsus4| F   Fsus4| F   Fsus4|
Jimmy
| Bbmaj7| % | % | % |
I wonder
| G/A| % | Gmaj7/A| % |
why-y-y-y That I
C13Can't forget all the B7+5+9things you said
About your C11life and times
You Gb9set a spell in
| F   Fsus4| F   Fsus4| F   Fsus4| F   Fsus4|
side i-i-i
F#Oh James your soft guitarF#6  F#7  
It make me feel to cryF#6  F#7  
The sole consolation isF#6  F#7  
A F#7good man never dies
A#7+5-9God bless you D#m9Jimmy
I A#13love you with all my A#7+5-9heart so deep with D#m9in me
And B9you won't see the end of your E9lonely friend
Cause I'll A#m7pray and pray for you A7-5every day
G#m7Poor C#7+5-9  G9happy
| F#   F#sus4| F#   F#sus4| F#   F#sus4| F#7   F#sus4|
Jimmy ye-e-ah
Ho ho oh G#9oh C#7+5-9  G9Happy
| F#   F#sus4| F#   F#sus4| F#   F#sus4| F#7   F#sus4|
Jimmy
| F#   F#sus4| F#   F#sus4| F#   F#sus4| F#7   F#sus4|
| F#   F#sus4| F#   F#sus4| F#   F#sus4| F#7   F#sus4|
..fade
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