Key: Eb major
Verse 1
D
G
Am
F
G
D
G
Am
F
G
D
G
Dm
All my life I've been a poor boy,
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D
G
F
G
it's been hard to get a dime
Dm
G
F
G
D
Everything I got I had to pay
G
Am
F
G
for it on time but that's all right
Gsus4
G
Long as I got a toe hold,
Dm
Gsus4
G
Dm
long as I got a piece of you
G
F
Dm
F
Long as I got a toe hold,
G
F
A
E
I can make it through
Verse 2
A
E
D
G
F
Look here, I said I went to see a doctor,
Dm
G
D
G
baby, talk about his malnutrition
F
Dm
G
D
G
Am
Now I don't try to be a fat man,
Dm
G
D
G
F
G
I gotta look about my ambition, look here
Long as I got a toe hold,
Dm
G
Gsus4
G
Dm
long as I got a piece of you
G
Dm
Long as I got a toe hold,
D
F
A
E
A
E
I can make it through
Verse 3
Dm
Am
D
Dm
A li, li, li, li, li, li, li, li, toe hold
Am
Dm
D
A li, li, li, li, li, li, li,
Dm
D
li, toe hold, hey
G
Verse 4
A
D
G
Am
So baby, if you're with me,
F
G
D
G
F
Dm
let the whole world be against me
G
Dm
D
G
F
Dm
G
D
I don't expect to ever get rich, I'm doin' fine,
G
F
Dm
G
me diggin' a ditch, that's all right
Long as I got a toe hold,
Dm
G
Dm
long as I got a piece of you
G
Long as I got a toe hold,
Dm
A
E
A
I can make it through
Verse 5
D
Am
D
Ah, ooh, baby,
Am
A
D
Dm
F
G
ow, good
Outro 1
God
G
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