Poor Mountain Boy chords by Donna Ulisse

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) She wanted lots of money
You thought you'd live on loan
G 
Her sight (G major) s were set on city lights
D 
To you the moon was bright  (D major) 
You craved a simple life
C 
She craved a party crowd  (C major) 
G 
You wanted  (G major) her to stay right there
A 
D 
And  (A major) she just wanted out  (D major) 
Bm 
A 
Poor  (B minor) mountain boy, how you tried  (A major) 
C 
But your  (C major) way of life's
D 
not what she had in (D major) 
A little run -down cabin
G 
you  (G major) al ways meant to fix
C 
On a  (C major) hundred rocky acres
D 
down  (D major) on Sandy Ridge
C 
Sad  (C major) mountain boy,
D 
poor mountain  (D major) boy
C 
Sad  (C major) mountain boy,
D 
Bm 
A 
D 
G 
C 
poor moun (D major) tain boy  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) 
Her dreams were always higher
C 
Than the tallest hemlock pine  (C major) 
Am 
G 
 (A minor) She was  (G major) always going to leave
D 
that lonesome mountainside  (D major) 
But you never did quit trying
But you never did quit trying
And now she's finally gone
C 
And now she's finally gone  (C major) 
D 
G 
 (D major) There's  (G major) no way you can win her back
A 
D 
It's  (A major) hard to just move  (D major) on
Bm 
Poor  (B minor) mountain boy, how you tried
A 
C 
 (A major) But your  (C major) way of life's
D 
not what she had in  (D major) mind
A little run -down cabin
G 
you  (G major) al ways meant to fix
C 
On a  (C major) hundred rocky acres
D 
down  (D major) on Sandy Ridge
C 
D 
Sad  (C major) mountain boy, poor mountain  (D major) boy
C 
D 
Sad  (C major) mountain boy, poor moun (D major) tain boy
C 
Too bad  (C major) mountain boy,
D 
Bm 
A 
C 
D 
Bm 
you poor mountain  (D major) boy  (B minor)  (A major)  (C major)  (D major)  (B minor) 
A 
C 
 (A major)  (C major) 
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