4 + 20 Chords

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[Intro 1]
[D][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Four and twenty years ago
I come into this life
The son of a woman and a man
who lived in strife
He was [F]tired [G]of being poo[D]r
And he [F]wasn't into [G]selling door to [D]door
And he [F]worked like the de[G]vil to be [D]more

[Interlude 1]
[D][D]

[Verse 2]
A [D]different kind of poverty now upsets me so
Night after sleepless night,
I walk the floor and I want to know
[F]Why[G] am I so [D]alone?
[F]Where is my wom[G]an, can I bri[D]ng her home?
Have I [F]driven her away?
[G]Is she gon[D]e?

[Interlude 2]
[D][D]

[Verse 3]
A [D]Morning comes the sunrise
and I'm driven to my bed
I see that it is empty
and there's devils in my head
[F]I e[G]mbrace the many colored b[D]east
I [F]grow weary of the [G]torment
can there [D]be no peace?
[F]And I find mys[G]elf just wishing
that my [D]life would simply cease