Intro: G F# E D (3x)
       C B A G (3x)

                    G                          D
Well I get into the game  but it's always the same
                      G                  C        D     G
I'm the man with the name Hip Eponymous Poor Boy  Poor Boy
                                                D
Call me whatever you may  I ain't stoppin' the train
                      G                  C         D    G
I get a feel for the fame Hip Eponymous Poor Boy  poor boy

       C                  G
And I know that I can't defeat you
                 D                           G
Yea  you don't worry now  I ain't going to preach to you
               C
Well  there ya go
                               G
But I'll be going right there with you
                      D                       G
Yeah wherever you'll be  you'll be lookin' at me

                           G
But don't get out of your chair
                   D                             G
Put a bow in your hair  you might be makin' 'em stare
                          C             D    G
So leave the care to the poor boy  the poor boy
                            G
And that's the name of the game
                     D                     G
Keep on stayin' the same  ain't nobody to blame
                C             D    G
Nobody but the poor boy  the poor boy

       C                G
Well okay  so you fell asleep today
                D                                G
What's funny to me though is that you did that yesterday
                    C
You might think I'm mad
                                       G
For doing all the things that I don't need to do
                             D                             G
But while you're laughin' at me  well I'll be laughin' at you

                   G                            D
So I get into the game  but always keep it the same
                        G
And I'll be usin' your name 
                               C        D    G
but they'll be yellin' at me  Poor boy poor boy 
                       G                             D
But I'll be happy for you  cause you got nothin' to do
                          G                              C       D    G
And I'll be singin' the blues  walkin' around singin'  Poor boy poor boy 

     C                             G
Sometimes a cold shiver comes over me
                D                            G
And it turns me on when the song takes over me
      C                                       G
But alright  I can't fight it the odds are against me
                  D
But I can't sit still
                       G
Because I know that I will

                           G                      D
And you'll be watching me girl  takin' over the world
                  G                            C         D    G
Let the stripes unfurl  gettin' rich singin'  Poor boy  poor boy 
                       G                   D
And I'll be comin' to play  I do it every day
                     G                  C         D    G
And the title will stay  Hip Eponymous Poor Boy  poor boy (Yeah)