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Child Of Poverty chords by
Paul Martin
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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Now the Bible says the poor
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A

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you'll have with you always,
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and the meek shall inherit the earth.
I have reason to believe
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D

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that these words are true.
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A

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Don't fight them,
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A

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take them just for what they're worth.
Oh yeah, I know how it feels
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E

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to have stone brews on both my heels,
To feel the sand between my toes
Maybe have one change of clothes
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A

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D
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But I grew up happy as could be
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Never knowing that I was
A
A

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a child of poverty
At our house we all worked hard
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E

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And enjoyed each other
We'd come home from school each day
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A

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To a smiling mother
Supper was a sweet affair
And maybe once a week
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E

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We'd get ice cream for dessert
and that was quite a treat
A
A

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And I wore my bridges
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D

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with patches on the knees
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E

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Never knowing that I was
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Bb
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a child of poverty
I had a pretty sister
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who only had one sweater
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When she wore that thing to school
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it couldn't have fit her better
Had she been the daughter
of Andrew Carnegie
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Fm
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It's a shame that with her
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measurements and personality
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That she grew up happy as could be
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Nobody ever told her
she was a child of poverty
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Today some people seem to think
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that being poor's a shame
Back when I was growing up,
pride was their middle name
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So if they live in a shack
with a creek in the back
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And that's the way they want it to be
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Then leave them alone
in their happy home and their poverty
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Yeah, I know how it feels
F
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To have stone brews on both of my heels
To feel the sand between my toes
Maybe have one change of clothes
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Bb

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Eb
Eb
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But I grew up at the edge, could be
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Nobody ever told me
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I was a child of poverty
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Nobody ever told me
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I was a child of poverty
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