Poppy Bird

C#m                               
he spied her on the tube and she 
   A
was wearing a bright red poppy.
E                             
her beauty it shone through the 
                   B
silence as the commuters, they tried
 not to make eye contact.
C#m                            
he'd never seen such a beautiful 
                     A
thing except for in movies or up on 
billboards.
E                              
he'd never seen such a beautiful 
                  B
thing in all his years of travelling
 these trains.
C#m                           
her shiny brown hair was tucked 
                          A
behind her ears and her big blue 
eyes pierced right
her glasses.
    E                              
the book she was reading was of an 
                   B
interesting nature, he knew that he 
would surely like
date her one day.

C#m
a few more stops to walthamstow.
              B
its just a, a few more stops to 
walthamstow.
              E
its just a, a few more stops to 
walthamstow.

          A
and poppy bird, i wonder what your 
name is.
C#m                         
he was a child of a difficult 
                 A
nature, it was compulsive disorder 
related.
E                                 
sometimes he would do silly little
             B
 things like turn the key in the 
door five times
he went to bed.
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C#m                            
in the past he got in some silly 
                  A
situations with girls from school 
making silly accusations.
E                                 
he was through all that and he 
                    B
knew what to do to not get himself 
into trouble.
C#m                               
he wanted to walk past and just 
                       A
ask her her name and say she's so 
pretty, he's been
her on the train.
E                           
he was a child of a difficult 
          B
nature. he was a child of a 
difficult nature.

C#m
a few more stops to walthamstow.
             B
its just a, a few more stops to 
wathamstow.
             E
its just a, a few more stops to 
walthamstow.
          A
and poppy bird i wonder, what your 
name is.

C#m
a few more stops to walthamstow.
             B
its just a, a few more stops to 
wathamstow.
             E
its just a, a few more stops to 
walthamstow.
          A
and poppy bird i wonder, if I'll 
ever meet you.

C#m                               
he can't believe his luck cos he's
                A
 in wathamstow, she is leaving the 
train also.
E                                
he follows her onto the platform up 
B
the stairs and through the barriers.
C#m                           
he gets a bit too close and she 
                A
looks behind. he takes control of 
himself and walks
behind.
E                                 
and now their out and their onto 
                   B
the street and they walk past the 
top of his road.
   C#m                             
it sure is dark and it sure is cold
           A
 and so he plucks up the courage and
 starts to make
approach.
        E                      
she can hear his footsteps, her 
hearts in her throat, should she 
 B
turn and start to run.
C#m
no don't be dumb,
no don't be dumb,
A
no don't be dumb,
no please don't be dumb.
E                                 
he's so close now she waits to be 
                 B
grabbed, and she prays to god that 
she won't get stabbed.
C#m                               
so close now she can feel his 
          A
breath and he grabs her on the arm 
and says,
"miss is this your book that you 
     E
left?"


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