The Poor Ditching Boy
The Poor Ditching Boy

The Poor Ditching Boy easy guitar chords by Richard Thompson

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Was 
    there 
    ever 
    a 

    winter 
    so cold 
    and 
    so 
    sad 

    The 
    river 
    too 
    weary 
    to 
    flood 

    The storming 
    wind 
    cut 
    through 
    to 
    my 
    skin 

    But 
    she cut 
    through 
    to 
    my 
    blood 

    Verse 2

    I 
    was 
    looking 
    for 
    trouble 
    to 

    tangle 
    my 
    line 

    But trouble 
    came 
    looking 
    for 
    me 

    I 
    knew 
    I 
    was standing 
    on 

    treacherous 
    ground 

    I was 
    sinking 
    too 
    fast 
    to 
    run 
    free 

    Verse 3
    With 
    her 
    scheming, 
    idle 
    ways 

    She left 
    me 
    poor 
    enough 

    The storming 
    wind 
    cut 
    through 
    to 
    my 
    skin 

    But 
    she 
    cut 
    through 
    to 
    my blood 

    Verse 4

    I 
    would 
    not 
    be 
    asking, 

    I 
    would 
    not 
    be 
    seen 

    A-beggin' 
    on 
    on 
    mountain 
    or 
    hill 

    But 
    I'm 
    ready 
    and 
    blind 
    with 

    my hands 
    tied 
    behind 

    I've 
    neither 
    a 
    mind 
    nor 
    a 
    will 

    Verse 5

    With 
    her 
    scheming, 
    idle 
    ways 

    She 
    left 
    me 
    poor 
    enough 

    The storming 
    wind 
    cut 

    through 
    to 
    my skin 

    But she 
    cut 
    through 
    to 
    my 
    blood 

    Verse 6

    It's 
    bitter 
    the 
    need 
    of 

    the poor 
    ditching 
    boy 

    He'll 
    always 
    believe 
    what 
    they say 

    They 
    tell 
    him 
    it's 
    hard 
    to 

    be 
    honest 
    and 
    true 

    Does he 
    mind 
    if 
    he doesn't 

    get 
    paid? 

    Verse 7
    With 
    her 
    scheming, 
    idle 
    ways 

    She left 
    me 
    poor 
    enough 

    The storming 
    wind 
    cut 
    through 
    to 
    my skin 

    But 
    she 
    cut 
    through 
    to 
    my blood 

    Outro 1

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