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poor mans son Chords

Music by: Charlie Robison
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[Intro 1]
[D][G]
I [C]was a

[Verse 1]
[G]boy,
I was a good little boy
Wantin' in the playground [D]fun
They said ah na ney boy
you can't play
'Cause you were born a poor man's [G]son
I [C]met a

[Verse 2]
[G]girl, she was a pretty little girl
Would you be my [D]only one
She said meet me where
nobody can see
'Cause you were born a
poor man's [G]son

[Verse 3]
I spent [C]all [G]my lifetime
Thinkin' what I coulda [C]done
While I worked [G]my fingers to the bone
[D]

[Verse 4]
I [C]met [G]a man, he was business man
I said I'm a hard workin'
son of a [D]gun
He said you know the rules
You should've stayed in school
But you were born a poor man's
[G]son[C]

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][G][C]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
I spent [C]all [G]my lifetime
Thinkin' what I coulda [C]done
While I worked [G]my fingers to the bone
[D]

[Verse 6]
I [C]met a [G]guy, he was a crazy guy
He said I'm goin' to get me [D]some
Let's go across the tracks where
They keep that jack
All we need is a little black [G]gun
They [C]got the

[Verse 7]
[G]hounds and
they tracked us down
They said we know what
you [D]have done
You're gonna do the time it's gonna
Fit the crime
You shoulda shot [G]a p[D]oor man'[G]s son[D][C]

[Outro 1]
[D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D]
[G][G][G][D]
[G][D][G][G]
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