Poor But Proud chords by Paul Kelly
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I've always lived a simple life
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Worked hard for
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everything I've got
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My hours are long and my pay is low,
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still I can say that I've got a lot
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Cause I've got a sweet woman,
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she's all the value that I own
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And I'm proud to hold my
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head up high,
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thankful that I was born
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Poor, yes indeed,
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oh but I'm proud, yes siree
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Oh poor, poor, oh but I'm proud
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Born and raised in the ghetto
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My mama had six of us kids
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And as long as I can remember,
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we've always been on skid.
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Daddy died when I was ten, yeah.
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And this pride is all that's
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left of him.
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I remember him saying
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before he died,
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Son, always keep your pride.
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I'm poor, yes indeed.
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Oh, but I'm proud, yes siree
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I'm poor, poor, hey,
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but I'm proud
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You know sometimes I
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think about this world
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And I wonder why people
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think the way they do
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They'll say that they're in your corner
When all the time
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they don't give a damn about you
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They look at me with scorn
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Cause my clothes are torn and worn
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But they can't see
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Proud as me
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I'm thankful that I was born
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Ooh, yes indeed
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Ooh
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Am
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Ooh, ooh
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Oh, I'm proud
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Ooh
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Am
I'm proud
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Oh, I'm
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Oh, I'm proud
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They can't take
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that away from me
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Oh, I'm proud
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Bye -bye.
Poor But Proud
Paul Kelly
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