The Sun Never Shines On The Poor chords by Richard Thompson
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Verse 1
Thompson (E minor) (B major) (D sharpdim) (B major)
(A minor) (B major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
The urchins are writhing
around in the mud
Like eels playing tag in a bar (G sharp major) rel
The old (C minor) Sally Army sound
(D minor) mournful and sweet
As they play (E minor) an old Christmassy
car (F sharp minor) ol (B major)
The world (G major) is as black as
a dark night in hell
What kind of a place can this be? (G sharp major)
Old (C minor) people like hermit crabs
(D minor) run into doorways
(E minor) Fearing to say "Do you feel (F sharp minor)
as downtrodden as (B major) me?"
Verse 2
Ting- a- (E minor) ling, Ting- a- ling
The Devil he leans on your bell (B major)
The (D sharpdim) fu ture looks black (E minor)
as be (D major) fore (C major)
And the (B major) sun never shines,
(D sharpdim) the sun (A minor) never shines (B major) on the poor
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Interlude 1
(E minor) (B major) (D sharpdim) (E minor) (D major)
(C major) (B major) (A minor) (B major) (E minor)
Verse 3
The (G major) rich man he dreams of his
gold and his plate
And his house and his car
and his (G minor) (G sharp major) women
The poor (C minor) man he dreams of his
one- (D minor) roomed estate
And his wage (E minor) packet,
short by one shil (D sharpdim) ling (F sharp minor) (B major)
The last (G major) penny falls through
a hole in your jeans
Now ain't that the way when
(G minor) you're down? (G sharp major)
Just (C minor) walking in circles
for the (D minor) rest of your life
And (E minor) feeling so low that your chin
(F sharp minor) scrapes along on the ground (B major)
Verse 4
Ting- a- (E minor) ling, Ting- a- ling
The Devil he leans on your bell (B major)
The (D sharpdim) future looks black (E minor) as be (D major) fore (C major)
And the (B major) sun never shines,
(D sharpdim) the sun (A minor) never shines (B major) on the poor
Interlude 2
(E minor) (B major) (D sharpdim) (E minor) (D major)
(C major) (B major) (D sharpdim) (A minor) (D sharpdim) (B major) (E minor)
Verse 5
Now (G major) some of the people
are poor in the purse
They don't have the cash at the ready (G sharp major)
And (C minor) some of the people they're
(D minor) crippled and lame
They can (E minor) never stand up
true and (F sharp minor) steady (B major)
And (G major) some of the people
they're poor in the head
Like the simpleton fools that you see (G sharp major)
But most (C minor) of the people
they're poor (D minor) in the heart
It's the (E minor) worst kind of poor,
it's the worse (F sharp minor) kind of poor you can be (B major)
Verse 6
Ting- a- (E minor) ling, Ting- a- ling
The Devil he leans on your bell (B major)
The (D sharpdim) future looks black (E minor) as be (D major) fore (C major)
And the (B major) sun never shines,
(D sharpdim) oh the (A minor) sun never shines (B major) on the poor
Outro 1
(E minor) (B major) (D sharpdim) (E minor) (D major)
(C major) (B major) (A minor) (B major) (E minor)
The Sun Never Shines On The Poor
Richard Thompson
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