Beggar On A Beach Of Gold chords by Paul Carrack

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Didn't
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know when I was lucky
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Discontented, feeling bad
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Filled with envy for possessions
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other people had
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Thought my pride had always hurt me
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Thought the world took in control
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Not realizing I was sitting
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on a  beach or a boat
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Oh Lord, I'm a poor man
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With all the riches I can hold
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I'm a  beggar
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Sitting on a beach of gold
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But the problems I encountered
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Helped me think and me sustain
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To know the pleasure
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First I had to feel the pain
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When I was searching
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for solutions
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Found the answer lay in me
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I'm a drifter
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Drifting on a silver sea
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Oh Lord, I'm a poor man
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With all the riches I can hold
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I'm a beggar
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sittin' on a beach of gold
I didn't have courage,
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my life was as dark as night
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When alone in the darkness,
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I saw the brightest light
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When the light shone down

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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Are you out there now, Auntie?
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Feel there's nothing left to give?
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As it could try,
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have you lost the will to live?
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Don't be drowning in the shadows
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With the beach so near at hand
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Hear the voice say
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Get up, stand up and join
me on the gillard sand
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Come and join me on the beach
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With all the riches I can hold
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I'm a beggar
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Sitting on a beach of gold
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With my family all around me
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I hold the riches I can hold
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I'm a beggar
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Sitting on a beach of gold
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I'm a beggar
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sitting on the killing sand
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Lord, I'm a poor man
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with all the riches
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I'm a beggar,
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sitting on a beach of gold
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With my family all around me
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I'm devoted to this man,
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I'm a beggar