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Poor Boy

(Vera Matson - Elvis Presley)


Copyright R & H Music - O/B/O Williamson Music Co.


Soundtrack recording for 20th Century Fox - Love Me Tender - August 24, 1956 - Fox Stage 1 - Hollywood

 1-6 pm

Studio matrix: S-sp - RCA matrix: G2WB 7259-sp Spliced from take 3 and a partial verse
November 1956 EP RCA EPA-4006 Love Me Tender
Outtakes:
Stereo take 9: April 22, 1997 CD RCA 07863 67453 2 Jailhouse Rock / Love Me Tender
Remake take 1: June 2014 CD FTD 506020-975074 Love Me Tender


Soundtrack recording for 20th Century Fox - Love Me Tender - September 4-5, October 1, 1956 - Fox Stage 1 - Hollywood

 September 4 - 9 am-12 pm

Studio matrix: S-sp - RCA matrix: G2WB 7259-03 Partial verse - Rythm track overdub


September 5 - 9 am-12 pm

Studio matrix: S-sp - RCA matrix: G2WB 7259-06 Partial verse - Vocal overdub Binaural version:
April 22, 1997 CD RCA 07863 67453 2 Jailhouse Rock / Love Me Tender






* They call me poor boy, poor boy, poor boy
But I ain't lonesome and I ain't blue
'Cause I could never be a poor boy
As long as I've got a dolly like you


Ain't got a crust, ain't got a cent
Can't buy a jug, can't pay the rent
I got a heart full of dreams
And a lot of memories
And that's enough for me


*Repeat


Can't buy a house, can't buy a lot
Ain't got a bean, I ain't got a pot
But what I got is a heart full of
Love and memories
And that's enough for me


*Repeat


Don't have a pig, don't have a cow
I don't have a horse to pull a plough
But what I got is a heart full of
Love and memories
And that's enough for me


They call me poor boy, poor boy, poor boy
But I ain't lonesome and I ain't blue
'Cause I could never be a poor boy
As long as I've got a dolly like, I've got a dolly like
I've got a dolly like .... you 




They call me, (f)  poor boy, (c) poor boy , poor boy
But I (g7) ain't lonesome, and I ain't (c) blue
Cause I could (f) never be a (c) poor boy
As long as (g7) I've got a dolly like (c) you
Ain't got a (c)  crust; ain't got a (g7)cent
Can buy a jug, can't pay the (c) rent (c7)
I got a (f) heart full of (fdim) dreams 
And a (c) lot of (a7) memories
And (d7) that's enough for (g7) me

They call me, (f)  poor boy, (c) poor boy , poor boy
But I (g7) ain't lonesome, and I ain't (c) blue
Cause I could (f) never be a (c) poor boy
As long as (g7) I've got a dolly like (c) you
Can't buy a house, can't buy a lot
Ain't got a bean, ain't got a pot
But what I got is a heart of lovin' memories
And that's enough for me
They call me, (f)  poor boy, (c) poor boy , poor boy
But I (g7) ain't lonesome, and I ain't (c) blue
Cause I could (f) never be a (c) poor boy
As long as (g7) I've got a dolly like (c) you