Poor Man But A Good Man chords by Sonny Terry
Verse 1
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I helped you baby,
I helped you baby,
you couldn't help yourself,
you could not help yourself,
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now you're on your feet,
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now you're on your feet,
you're helping somebody else,
helping somebody else,
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I'm a poor man, but a good man,
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been treated wrong.
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She walked off and left me,
she didn't say a word,
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want nothin' that she know,
yes it's somethin' she heard
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I'm a poor man, but a good man,
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been treated wrong
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If you don't believe the people,
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just wait right here and see
Somebody's gonna mistreat you,
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just like you treated me, oh yeah
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I walked down to the station,
I looked up on the wall
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My money was too light,
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I didn't go nowhere at all
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I'm a poor man, but a good man,
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been treated wrong
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I'm a poor man, but a good man,
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ain't got no home
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I'm a poor man
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But I'm a good man
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And I love my home
Whoo!
Verse 2
Let that midnight special shine
an ever -loving light on me
Poor Man But A Good Man
Sonny Terry
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