Little Paper Boy chords by Hank Williams

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Out on the corner  (C major) 
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standin'  (G major) so bold
Stood a little paper boy
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so hungry and  (C major) cold
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And as the crowd came  (G major) passin' by
These words he said with
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tears in his  (C major) eyes

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Verse 2

"Please buy a paper from me

So I can get me somethin' to eat

My clothes are ragged,

no shoes on my feet"

Said the little paper boy,

there on the street

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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 (C major) "Out in this cold wide  (G major) world all alone
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I have no place on this earth to call home  (C major) 
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I haven't had the chance that  (G major) other kids had
I have no mother,
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nor even a dad"  (C major) 

Verse 4
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"So please  (C major) buy a pa (G major) per from me
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So I can get me somethin' to  (C major) eat
My clothes are ragged,
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no shoes  (G major) on my feet"
Said the little paper boy,
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there on the street  (C major) 

Verse 5
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 (C major) Early next mornin' as the
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 (G major) crowd passed by
The little boy was gone
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and they wondered  (C major) why
They started searchin' and
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 (G major) then found him dead
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He died with the papers under his  (C major) head

Verse 6
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 (C major) No one was there, his  (G major) body to claim
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There he was lying but he felt no pain  (C major) 
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Now he has gone up to  (G major) Heaven we know
The little paper boy who died in
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G 
Em 
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the snow  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (C major) 
There ya have it, friends