Poverty chords by Bobby Bland

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Up every morning with the sun
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I work all day till the evening comes
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Blisters and corns all in my hands
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Lord, have mercy on a working man
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I guess I'm gonna

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Verse 2

die just like I'm living

In poverty

My pay goes

Verse 3
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down and my tax goes up
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I drink my tea from a broken cup
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Between my woman and  Uncle Sam
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I can't figure out whose fool I am
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I guess I'm gonna

Verse 4

die just like I'm living

In poverty

Verse 5
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Oh Lord, it's so hard
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but it's fair
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Everybody talks but
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nobody really cares, Lord
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I can't save a

Verse 6
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dime,
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can't buy me one cent
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I pay my bills, I can't pay my rent
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The old lady's fussing and the
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kids are crying
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They won't let me join the welfare line

Verse 7

I guess I'm gonna die just like I'm living

In poverty

They say

Verse 8
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there's one
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poverty
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They say it's going around now
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But all I need is people,
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oh Lord
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They're trying to keep you
down now, oh
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Poverty, that's where