Key: D major
Verse 1
Interlude 1
D
G
Verse 2
G
D
G
C
They are two able bodies
F
C
and they both need work
G
C
One truck driver and
F
G
a part -time clerk
C
F
Making the ends meet day by day
C
G
C
With no luck landing any
F
G
permanent place
Bm
D
They are the working poor
Bm
D
The forgotten poor
They have borne the brunt
G
A
D
They are the working poor
They feel lost and stuck
G
A
D
They are the working poor
Bm
D
Low on money and down on luck
G
D
Bm
The working poor
C
F
C
that doesn't run
G
C
Two school -age daughters
F
G
and a preschool son
C
F
C
So many months behind in all their bills
G
C
F
G
With five empty bellies that never fill
Bm
D
They are the working poor,
the forgotten poor
They have more in the front,
G
A
Asus4
D
they are the working poor
Bm
D
They keep Boston sun,
G
Asus4
A
D
they are the working poor
Bm
D
Low on money and down on luck,
G
D
Bm
oh, the working poor
Interlude 2
Bm
G
C
F
C
G
C
F
G
C
F
C
G
C
F
G
D
Asus4
D
Asus4
D
Asus4
D
G
D
G
D
Bm
Verse 3
Bm
G
C
They are all outside of
F
C
the safety net
G
C
There are benefits that
F
G
they'll never get
C
F
C
They are good, good people in a bad, way
G
C
It's hard to look forward
F
G
to a better day
Bm
D
They are the working poor,
the forgotten poor
Bm
D
G
A
D
They are the working poor,
Bm
D
keep the lost and stuck.
G
A
D
They are the working poor,
low on money, down on luck.
G
D
Bm
Oh, the working poor.
G
Asus4
D
They are the working poor,
the forgotten poor.
Bm
D
A
D
They have borne the brunt.
A
D
They are the working poor,
Bm
D
they keep the lost and stuck.
G
A
D
They are the working poor,
no one's money and the count is broken
G
Asus4
D
They are the working poor,
G
D
the forgotten poor
G
A
D
They are the working poor
Outro 1
D
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