Po' Folks chords by Norma Jean
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
There's a (G major) whole lotta people
lookin' (D major) down their noses at me (G major)
Cause I didn't come from
a (D major) wealthy fam (G major) ily
There was (C major) ten of us livin'
in a two (G major) room shack
On the (D major) banks of the river
by the (G major) railroad track
(C major) We kept chickens in a pen (G major) in the back
snd everybody said we was (D major) 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
thirty (D major) six gallons of dust (G major)
The Sal (C major) vation Army gave
us (G major) clothes to wear
A (D major) man from the county came to (G major) cut our hair
We (C major) lived next door to a millionare (G major) but (D major) we
wadn't nothin' but (G major) po' folks
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Verse 2
We was (C major) po' folks livin' in a rich (G major) folks
world we sure (D major) was a hungry bunch (G major)
If the (C major) wolf had ever come to our (G major) front door
(A major) he'd had to brought a picnic (D major) lunch
My (G major) grandaddy's pension was a
(D major) dollar and thirty three cents (G major)
That was ten dollars 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
We (C major) were too broke to even (G major) pay heed but
(D major) that's how it is when you're (G major) po' folks
We was (C major) po' folks livin' in a rich (G major) folks world we sure (D major) was a hungry
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
But (G major) (D major) (G major) we had somethin' in our (D major)
house money can't (G major) buy
Kept us warm in the winter cool
(D major) when the sun was (G major) high
For whenev (C major) er we didn't
have (G major) food enough
And the howling (D major) winds
would (G major) get pretty rough
(C major) We patched the cracks and set
(G major) the table with love
Cause that's (D major) 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 daddy was (G major) po' folks my
(D major) brother and my sister was (G major) po' folks
My dog (D major) and my cat was po' folks
Po' Folks
Norma Jean
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