Key: C major
Intro 1
C
F
G
C
Verse 1
C
F
My life with trouble goes
F
C
That I stole from Jessie Walker's
Dm
G
country store
F
C
choosing sides with honesty
F
G
And I just got tired of being poor.
C
Verse 2
G
C
Some folks eat their supper off of silver
D
G
This prison is the doings of myself.
Verse 3
C
F
G
Freedom ran away from me at twenty-three
F
C
Dm
G
I I broke the lock on one to many doors
F
C
When they got close to things they crave
F
G
C
I just got tired of bein' poor.
Interlude 1
C
F
G
C
Verse 4
C
F
I remember Willie Jack who
F
C
And the talking about the ragged
Dm
G
clothes I wore
F
C
of all knuckles in his face
F
G
C
I just got tired of bein' poor.
Verse 5
G
C
Some folks eat their supper off of silver
D
G
This prison is the doings of myself.
Verse 6
C
F
G
Freedom ran away from me at twenty-three
F
C
Dm
G
I I broke the lock on one to many doors
F
C
When they got close to things they crave
F
G
I just got tired of bein' poor.
C
Verse 7
F
G
C
I just got tired of bein' poor
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ChordsC F G Dm D
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