Poor Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 1]
My [D]mother called
me to her bedside
These [G]words she said to [D]me
If [G]you don't quit your [D]rambling
ways
They're gonna [A]get you
in the peniten[D]tiary
Gonna get you in the
penitentiary poor boy
Gonna [G]get you in the peniten[D]tiary
If [G]you don't quit your [D]reckless
ways
They're gonna [A]get you
in the peniten[D]tiary

[Verse 2]
So I [D]sat myself down in a gambling game
But I [G]could not play my [D]hand
Just [G]thinking about that [D]woman I love
Run [A]away with another [D]man
Run away with another man poor boy
Run [G]away with another [D]man
Just [G]thinking about that [D]woman I love
Run [A]away with another [D]man

[Verse 3]
[D]The cards came around the table lord
And I [G]had such a worried [D]mind
[G]My stack of gold dollars I [D]wasted away
And I [A]lost about ninety- [D]nine
I lost about ninety- nine poor boy
I [G]lost about ninety- [D]nine
[G]My stack of gold dollars I [D]wasted away
And [A]I lost about ninety- [D]nine

[Verse 4]
It [D]wasn't very long till I seen him again
He [G]ran away left her be[D]hind
And I [G]laid him down with
my [D]old forty- four
And the [A]judge gave me ninety- [D]nine
The judge gave me ninety- nine poor boy
The [G]judge gave me ninety- [D]nine
I [G]laid a man down with my [D]big
forty- four
[A]And the judge gave me ninety- nine
[D]

[Verse 5]
Well the jury said I had to pay
And the [G]clerk he wrote it [D]down
And the [G]judge called out my [D]number
Two [A]sixes upside [D]down
Two sixes upside down poor boy
Two [G]sixes upside [D]down
The [G]judge called out my [D]number
Two [A]sixes upside [D]down

[Outro 1]
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