Intro:
   Bm D E
   Bm D E
   Bm D
 
Verse 1:
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When I was a boy I lived on Poplar Street
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Just a little child with plasters on my knees
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Watching all the world from high up in the trees
      E   Bm          D           Gb       G
I saw Mrs Moore sleep around with Mr Keats
 
Chorus:
Bm
I feel like a new man
D                 E
Red flowers in my bed
Bm
Breathe straight through the crisp air
D                   E
Dead flowers in the sand
Bm
I am a true romantic
D            E
Free falling love addict
Bm
I am a true romantic
Gb           G
Free falling love addict, yeah
 
Interlude: Bm D
 
Verse 2:
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Mama always called that woman prosti-tits
                                     G
For wearing lower cuts than most and red lipstick
              Bm                 G
One night Mrs Moore she made her eyes at me
                      Bm                 Gb
Pulled me through her door and stuck her teeth in deep
 
Chorus:
Bm
I feel like a new man
D                 E
Red flowers in my bed
Bm
Breathe straight through the crisp air
Gb                  G
Dead flowers in the sand
Bm
I am a true romantic
D            E
Free falling love addict
Bm
I am a true romantic
Gb           G
Free falling love addict, yeah
 
Interlude: Bm D
 
Bridge:
    Gb
And all your days are gone
G
Sitting on the floor
Bm
In your underwear
Gb
Begging me for more
    Gb7
And 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            E
Free falling love addict
Bm
I am a true romantic
Gb           G
Free falling 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