Po Folks
Po Folks

Po Folks easy guitar chords by Faron Young

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Fret 3

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    2

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    2
    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    There's 
    a whole 

    lot 
    of 
    people 

    looking 
    down 
    their 
    noses 
    at 
    me 

    Cause 
    I 
    didn't 
    come 
    from 

    a 
    wealthy 
    family 

    There 
    was 
    ten 
    of 
    us 
    living 

    in 
    a 
    two 
    -room 
    shack 

    On 
    the 
    banks 
    of 
    the 
    river 

    by 
    the 
    railroad 
    track 

    And 
    we 
    kept 
    chickens 
    and 

    a 
    pen 
    in 
    the 
    back, 

    and 
    everybody 
    said 
    we 
    was 
    fo' 
    folks 

    My 
    daddy 
    was 
    a 
    farmer, 

    but 
    all 
    he 
    ever 
    raised 
    was 
    us 

    He 
    dug 
    a 
    forty 
    foot 
    well, 

    struck 
    thirty 
    -six 
    gallons 
    of 
    dust 

    The 
    Salvation 
    Army 
    gave 
    us 
    clothes 
    to 
    wear, 

    a 
    man 
    from 
    the 
    county 
    came 
    to cut 
    our 
    hair 

    We 
    lived 
    next 
    door 
    to 
    a 
    billionaire, 

    but 
    that's 
    how 
    it 
    is 
    when 

    you're 
    poor 
    folks 

    We 
    was 
    poor 
    folks 
    livin' 

    in 
    a 
    rich 
    folks' 
    world, 

    we 
    sure 
    was 
    a 
    hungry 
    bunch 

    And 
    if 
    the 
    wolf 
    ever 
    come 

    to 
    our 
    front 
    door, 

    he'd 
    have to 
    draw 
    a 
    picnic 
    lunch 

    My 
    granddaddy's 
    pension 
    was 
    a 
    dollar 

    and 
    thirty 
    -three 
    cents 

    That 
    was 
    ten 
    dollars 
    less 

    than 
    the 
    landlord 
    wanted 
    for 
    rent 

    Oh, 
    the 
    landlord's 
    letters 
    got 
    nasty 
    indeed 

    He 
    wrote, 
    get 
    out, 
    the 
    call 
    couldn't 
    read 

    And 
    we 
    was 
    too 
    broke 
    to 
    even 
    pay 
    heed 

    And 
    that's 
    how 
    it 
    is 

    when 
    you're 
    poor 
    folks 

    That's 
    how 
    it 
    is 
    when 

    you're 
    poor 
    folks 

    We 
    was 
    poor 
    folks 
    livin' 

    in 
    a 
    rich 
    folks 
    world 

    We 
    sure 
    was 
    a 
    hungry 
    bunch 

    And 
    if 
    the 
    wolf 
    would 
    ever 
    come 

    to 
    knock 
    on 
    the 
    door 

    He'd 
    have 
    had 
    to 
    draw 
    a 
    picnic 
    lunch 

    We 
    had 
    somethin' 
    that 
    our 

    house 
    money 
    can't 
    buy 

    Kept 
    us 
    warm 
    in 
    the winter 

    and 
    cool 
    when 
    the 
    sun's 
    high 

    Weep, 
    weep, 
    weep, 
    weep 

    For 
    whenev
    er we 
    didn't 

    howl 
    good 
    enough 

    And 
    the 
    howlin' 
    winds 

    would 
    get 
    pretty 
    rough 

    We'd 
    patch 
    the 
    crack 
    and 

    set the 
    table 
    with 
    love 

    Cause 
    that's 
    how 
    it 
    is 

    when 
    you're 
    poor 
    folks 

    And 
    we 
    wasn't 
    that 
    the 
    poor, 
    poor 
    folks 

    My 
    mama 
    and 
    my 
    papa 
    was 
    the 
    poor 
    folks 

    A 
    sister 
    and 
    a 
    brother 
    was 
    more 
    folk 

    A 
    dog 
    and 
    a 
    cat 
    was 
    more 
    folk 

    And 
    that's 
    how 
    it 
    is 

    when 
    you're 
    more 
    folk 

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