po folks chords by Bill Anderson
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Intro 1
(D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
There's (G major) a whole lotta people
lookin' (D major) down their noses at me (G major)
'Cause I didn't come from
a (D major) wealthy family (G major)
There was ten (C major) of us livin'
in a (G major) two room shack
On the (D major) banks of the river
by the (G major) railroad track
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Verse 2
(C major) We kept chickens in a pen (G major) in the back and
everybody said we (D major) was po' folks
My daddy (G major) was a farmer but
(D major) all he ever raised was (G major) us
Dug a forty foot well struck (D major) thirty-six
gallons gallons of (G major) dust
Salvation (C major) Army give us (G major) clothes to wear a (D major) man
from the county came to (G major) cut our hair
Verse 3
We (C major) lived next door to a (G major) millionare but (D major) we
wadn't nothin' but (G major) po' folks
We was (C major) po' folks livin' in a (G major) rich folks
world we (D major) sure was a hungry bunch (G major)
If the wolf (C major) had ever come to (G major) our front door
(A major) he'd've had to brought a (D major) picnic lunch
My (G major) grandaddy's pension was a
(D major) dollar and thirty-three cents
cents
(G major)
Verse 4
That was ten dollar less than the
(D major) landlord wanted for (G major) rent
The (C major) landlord's letters got nasty (G major) indeed he
(D major) wrote get out but (G major) pa couldn't read
And (C major) we was too broke to (G major) even pay heed but (D major) that's
how it is when (G major) you're po' folks
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 5
We was (C major) po' folks livin' in a (G major) rich folks
world we (D major) sure was a hungry bunch (G major)
If the wolf (C major) had ever come to (G major) our front door
(A major) he'd've had to brought a (D major) picnic lunch
But (G major) we had something in our (D major)
house money can't buy (G major)
Kept us warm in the winter cool (D major)
when the sun was (G major) high
Verse 6
For whenev (C major) er we didn't have (G major) food enough and
the (D major) howlin' winds would (G major) get pretty rough
We (C major) patched the cracks and set
(G major) the table with love
'Cause (D major) that's what you do when you're (G major) po' folks
and (D major) we wadn't nothin' but (G major) po' folks
My (D major) mom and my dad was (G major) po' folks my
(D major) brother and my sister was (G major) po' folks
Verse 7
My (D major) dog and my cat was po' folks and
(D major) even the po' folks was po' folks
po folks
Bill Anderson
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