Poor Boy chords by Eddy Arnold

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Verse 1
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Oh boy, poor boy,
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look straight ahead
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Good times are coming, it has been said
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Poor boy, poor boy, do not lose faith
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Go right on lovin' the
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human race
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Born in an old shack on a very cold day
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My mother had to work on
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the following day
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Destination poverty, very little school
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She taught me to respect the golden rule
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Poor boy, poor boy,
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look straight ahead
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Good times are coming, it has been said
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Poor boy, poor boy, do not lose faith
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For I don't love him,
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the human race
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Life has been a struggle,
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moving all the time
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Hanging on a piece of thread,
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this world of
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You mustn't go on livin'
in grudge or regret
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What's got to be is done,
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you must forget
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Oh boy, oh boy,
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look straight ahead
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Good times are comin'
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It has been said, poor boy,
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poor boy, do not lose faith,
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go right on lovin' the
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human race.
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Go right on lovin' the human race.
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Go right on lovin' the human race