Ab        Cm                               Eb
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination
Ab        Cm                    Eb
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed
Ab        Cm                                 Eb
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your hallucination
Ab        Cm                    Eb
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed

[Verse 1]
Ab       Cm                        Eb                  Ab
I had a dream that trouble always starts in someone's head
                Cm                           Eb             Ab
And dreams are real, when you're asleep you may as well be dead
        Cm                        Eb             Ab
I predicate the last ten years on figuring we’d meet
            Cm                       Eb
After the war, in some strange city on a stranger shore

[Pre-chorus 1]
Fb               Ebm               Db
So you think I'd waste my life on this (to be your comfort when you needed me)
Fb       Ebm
Lady everlasting friendship

[Chorus]
Db                              Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination
Db                   Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed
Db                              Cm7          Eb
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your hallucination
Db                   Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed

[Interlude]
Ab Cm  Eb

[Verse 2]
Ab        Cm                        Eb         Ab
We had a time, if we could have it back over again
          Cm                       Eb         Ab
I'd be a force, not so polite and not so delicate
           Cm                       Eb             Ab
I'd trot around on velvet socks so I could not be felt
            Cm                                 Eb
I was your fan, waiting for the day when this god will start to

[Pre-chorus 2]
Fb                Ebm          Db
Talk to me, don't venerate me now (I'm not a golden calf to be adored)
Fb                 Ebm
See my heart beat, smell my sweet skin

[Chorus]
Db                              Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination
Db                   Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed
Db                              Cm7          D
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your hallucination
Db                   Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed

[Interlude]
Ab Cm  Eb  (x4)

[Bridge]
      Db              Eb
If I carry you in my heart
          Db                       Eb
Will you ease the pain or make it harder
            Bbm7                       Cm7
I know you like to let me know you're there (poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination)
              Bbm7                       Cm7
If the black clouds come, will you disappear (poor boy, I was a crush)
          Ab                   Eb
Is there space in my life for you
        Dbm7      Ab               Eb
Will I see you tomorrow or will I ride on

[Chorus]
Db                              Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination
Db                   Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed
Db                              Cm7          Eb
  Poor boy, I could never live up to your hallucination
Db                   Cm7        Eb
  Poor boy, I was a crush that killed

[Outro]
Db                    Cm7     Eb
  I could never live up