life of a poor boy chords by Stonewall Jackson
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When I was just a
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youngster and hardly in my teens
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I went to school on many a day
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with faded old blue jeans
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The patches they were many
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the seat was all thread bare
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But a poor girl didn't notice
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and a poor boy didn't care
Verse 2
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A poor boy don't have no money a
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poor boy don't have no dough
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Give a poor boy a pretty little girl
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and watch that poor boy go
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He's the backbone of the
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nation the pappy of the land
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With a two buck loan he'll
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build him a home
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And raise him a poor boy clan
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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His worries they are many his
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pleasures are but few
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But that don't worry a poor
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boy his pappy had 'em too
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His living don't come easy
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he has to sweat it out
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But he'd rather be a poor boy
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than a wealthy gad- a- bout
Verse 4
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A poor boy don't have no money a
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poor boy don't have no dough
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Give a poor boy a pretty little girl
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and watch that poor boy go
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He's the backbone of the nation
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the pappy of the land
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With a two buck loan he'll
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build him a home
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And raise him a poor boy clan
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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If it wasn't for the poor boy a
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lot would go un- done
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The plow would never furrow or
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the mill would never run
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There wouldn't be no taters
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there wouldn't be no beans
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The rich would all be poor
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boys in faded old blue jeans
Verse 6
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A poor boy don't have no money a
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poor boy don't have no dough
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Give a poor boy a pretty little girl
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and watch that poor boy go
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He's the backbone of the nation
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the pappy of the land
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With a two buck loan he'll
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build him a home
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And raise him a poor boy clan
Outro 1
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life of a poor boy
Stonewall Jackson
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