Skid Row Joe chords by Porter Wagoner
Verse 1
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Em
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Skid Row Joe
Last night that's who I found
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in the dirty part of town
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D
Lost forgotten with no place to go
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D
Tormented with a bitter taste out
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cast by the human race
A
A mask of torture was the
D
face of Skid Row Joe
Verse 2
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A
D
He walked up to where I stood on the street
G
Said, "Pardon me Mister now don't get me wrong,
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I don't want your money
A
Though Heaven knows I could use it
But you see this is my home and you
D
see the other bar down the street
G
Well, that's my home too
I noticed you starin' at me a while ago,
D
you recognized me didn't you?"
A
I said, "Yeah Joe, I know who you are
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You was one time a real famous singing
star one of my favorites"
He said, "Well I guess you heard they
G
took my babies away from me"
I said, "Yeah Joe, I,
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I read about it in the papers"
Verse 3
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Then he turned his head away and
A
I saw the tears fall in the place
And he turned to me and he said,
D
"You know Mister
This is the only place in the world that
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I'm not ashamed to show my face
But I'm gonna quit, yes sir,
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I'm gonna quit
A
And I'm gonna shave and comb my hair,
D
and get me a clean white shirt
Then I'm gonna walk up to her door
When she answers I'm gonna
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stand up real proud and tall
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Then I'm gonna get on my knees
And I'll say, 'sweetheart,
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if you'll take me back
I'll spend the rest of my life makin' up
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to you for what I've done
I'm so ashamed of myself
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and this I want you to know'
Then I'm gonna take my two little babies
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and I'm gonna hold 'em so close to me
A
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I ain't gonna never let 'em go"
I guess I should've told him then that
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she'd already remarried again
But after hearin' what
he'd said to me
Why there wasn't no way I
D
could add to his misery
So I said good luck,
A
my best to you, Skid Row Joe
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Skid Row Joe
Porter Wagoner
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