Poverty chords by Bobby Bland
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
Up every (D major) morning with (G major) the sun (D major)
I (E minor) work (G major) all (D major) day till the even (G major) ing (D major) comes
Blister (G major) s and corns all (C major) in my (G major) hands
Lord, have (D major) mercy on (G major) a working (D major) man
I guess I'm (E minor) gonna
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Verse 2
die (A major) just like (G major) I'm living
In pover (D major) ty (G major)
(D major) My (A major) pay (D major) goes
Verse 3
down and my (G major) tax (D major) goes up
I (G major) drink my (D major) tea from a (G major) broken (D major) cup
Between (G major) my woman an (C major) d Uncle Sam (G major)
I can't figure (D major) out whose (G major) fool I (D major) (G major) am
I guess I'm (D major) gonna
Verse 4
(A major) die just like I'm (G major) living
(D major) In poverty
(G major)
Verse 5
Oh Lord, it's so hard (D minor)
(D major) (G major) but it's (D major) fair
(C major) Every (D major) body (G major) talks (D major) but
(G major) nobody (D major) really (A major) cares, Lord
I can't (G major) save a
Verse 6
(D major) dime,
(G major) can't buy me one (D major) cent
I pay (G major) my (D major) bills, I can't (G major) pay my (D major) rent
(G major) The old lady's fussing and the (C major)
kids are crying (G major)
They won't let me (D major) join (G major) the welfare (D major) line
Verse 7
I guess I'm gonna (A major) die just like I'm (G major) living
In pover (D major) ty
They (G major) say
Verse 8
(D major) there's one
(G major) poverty (D major) (G major) (D major)
They say (G major) it's go (D major) ing around (G major) now
But (D major) (G major) all I need (D major) is people,
oh (G major) Lord (D major)
They're trying (G major) to keep (D major) you
down now, oh
Poverty, that's (G major) where
Verse 9
(D major)
I'm gonna stay now
Oh (G major) Lord,
it (D major) seems (G major) that's where I'm gonna stay
Poverty
Bobby Bland
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