Tone: [Bm]
Intro:
[Bm] [D] [E] [Bm] [D] [E]
[Bm] [D]
Verse 1:
When I [E]was a [Bm]boy I [D]lived on Poplar Street
Just a [E]little [Bm]
child with [D]plasters on my knees
Watching [E]all the [Bm]world
from [D]high up in the trees
I saw [E]Mrs [Bm]Moore sleep [D]around with [Gb]Mr Keats [G]
Chorus:
[Bm]I feel like a new man
[D]Red flowers in my [E]bed
[Bm]Breathe straight through the crisp air
[D]Dead flowers in the [E]sand
[Bm]I am a true romantic
[D]Free falling [E]love addict
[Bm]I am a true romantic
[Gb]Free falling [G]love addict, yeah
Interlude:
[Bm] [D]
Verse 2:
Mama [E]always [Bm]called that woman [Gb7]prosti-tits
For wearing lower cuts
than most and [G]red lipstick
One night Mrs [Bm]Moore she made her [G]eyes at me
Pulled me through her [Bm]door
and stuck her [Gb]teeth in deep
Chorus:
[Bm]I feel like a new man
[D]Red flowers in my [E]bed
[Bm]Breathe straight through the crisp air
[Gb]Dead flowers in the [G]sand
[Bm]I am a true romantic
[D]Free falling [E]love addict
[Bm]I am a true romantic
[Gb]Free falling [G]love addict, yeah
Interlude:
[Bm] [D]
Bridge:
And [Gb]all your days are gone
[G]Sitting on the floor
[Bm]In your underwear
[Gb]Begging me for more
And [Gb7]all my days are gone
[G]Sitting on the floor
[Bm]In my underwear
[Gb]Begging you for more
'Cause
Chorus:
[Bm]I am a true romantic
[D]Free falling [E]love addict
[Bm]I am a true romantic
[Gb]Free falling [G]love addict, yeah
Interlude:
[Bm] [D] [E] [Bm] [Gb] [G]
Outro:
[Bm]Just another boy who lived on Poplar Street
[Bm]Tangled up in lust and her exotic needs
[Bm]One night, Mrs Moore,
she called collect to me
[Bm]"I don't love you anymore,"
she said and ceased to be
[Bm]Just another boy
[Bm]Just another boy
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