Poor boy blues chords by Bob Luman

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Verse 1
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A 
D 
C 
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D 
C 
Mmm,
D 
A 
mmm, mmm,
D 
G 
D 
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
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G 
D 
C 
One more time I go
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G 
Mmm, mmm, mmm
C 
D 
Am 
Just a little thing called the poor
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boy blues
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Ab 
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F 
D 

Verse 2
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Workin' in the cotton field
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way down south
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Shoppin' and a -pickin' and a
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-followin' the clouds
Tryin' to make a livin'
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on the poor hard ground
D 
I asked for a loan but the
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boss turned me down
Well, I keep on a -workin'
C 
cause I can't get down
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G 
Pick a load of cotton, I got a ticket into town
C 
I take my little money, buy a new pair of shoes
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I got a woman sittin' home,
G 
I'm in the poor boy blues
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She goes, mm -mm -mm,
A 
D 
mm -mm -mm, mm -mm -mm
A 
One more time, she goes,
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G 
D 
mm -mm -mm, mm -mm -mm
A 
D 
A 
Just a little thing called the poor
D 
Am 
Ab 
Am 
C 
F 
D 
boy blues
G 
I got in debt to the banker,
C 
now I can't move on
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G 
Stay in the field till the last foal's gone
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I got one old mule, I reckon's my own
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They might keep me down,
G 
but I'll keep hummin' my song
D 
And go, mm -hmm, mm -hmm,
A 
D 
mm mm mm -hmm
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D 
A 
D 
One more time I go, hmmm, hmmm,
G 
D 
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
A 
D 
A 
D 
A 
Just a little thing called the poor
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A 
Ab 
Am 
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D 
boy blues
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Now they say the great society's
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gonna change a few things
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A farmer like me,
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I wonder what it's gonna bring
I don't pay taxes,
C 
and I say it with a smile
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Cause I  ain't never made
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enough in my life to buy a lot
I keep on a -workin' till the
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Lord calls me home
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G 
That's when I know if I've done wrong
I keep on a -hummin',
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let everybody slew
D 
The poor
National
Anthem called the
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Poor
Boy
Blues
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And go, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm,
A 
D 
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
A 
D 
A 
D 
One more time I go, mmm,
G 
D 
mmm, mmm, mmm
A 
D 
A 
Just a little thing called
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the poor boy blues.
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