Poor Boy chords by
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Cisco Houston
Cisco Houston
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Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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My mother called
me to her bedside
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These words she said to me
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If you don't quit your rambling
ways
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They're gonna get you
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in the penitentiary
Gonna get you in the
penitentiary poor boy
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Gonna get you in the penitentiary
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If you don't quit your reckless
ways
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They're gonna get you
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in the penitentiary
Verse 2
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So I sat myself down in a gambling game
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But I could not play my hand
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Just thinking about that woman I love
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Run away with another man
Run away with another man poor boy
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Run away with another man
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Just thinking about that woman I love
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Run away with another man
Verse 3
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The cards came around the table lord
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And I had such a worried mind
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My stack of gold dollars I wasted away
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And I lost about ninety- nine
I lost about ninety- nine poor boy
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I lost about ninety- nine
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My stack of gold dollars I wasted away
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And I lost about ninety- nine
Verse 4
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It wasn't very long till I seen him again
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He ran away left her behind
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And I laid him down with
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my old forty- four
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And the judge gave me ninety- nine
The judge gave me ninety- nine poor boy
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The judge gave me ninety- nine
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I laid a man down with my big
forty- four
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And the judge gave me ninety- nine
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Verse 5
Well the jury said I had to pay
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And the clerk he wrote it down
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And the judge called out my number
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Two sixes upside down
Two sixes upside down poor boy
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Two sixes upside down
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The judge called out my number
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Two sixes upside down
Outro 1
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