Poor Man's Son chords by Bruce Robison

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Verse 1
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I  was a boy,
I was a good little boy
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walking in the playground, fun
They said I'm not an A -boy,
you can't play,
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cause you were born a poor man's son
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I met a girl, she was a pretty little girl,
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would you be my only one?
She said, meet me where
nobody can see,
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cause you were born a poor man's son
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I spent all my lifetime thinking
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what I could have done
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While I worked my fingers to the bone
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I met a man, he was a businessman
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Said, I'm a hard -working son of a gun
He said, you know the rules,
you should have stayed in school
But you were born a poor man's
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son
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I spent all my lifetime thinkin'
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what I coulda done
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While I burned my fingers to the bone
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I met a guy, he was a crazy guy
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He said, I'm goin' to get me some
Let's go across the track
where they keep that jack
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All we need is a little black gun
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They got their hands and
they tracked us down
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They said we know what you have done
If you're gonna do the time
it's gonna fit the crime
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You should have shot a poor man's son
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You should have shot a poor man's son
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You should have shot a poor
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man's son
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Oh
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You