Bill Anderson - Po' Folks guitar chord

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Date: 1/2/98; 11:32:29 AM

From: ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu (Gene L. Graham)

Subject: PO' FOLKS

PO' FOLKS

Recorded by Bill Anderson

Words and music by Bill Anderson

There's a [G] whole lot of people lookin' [D7] down their noses at [G] me

'Cause I didn't come from a [D7] wealthy fami-[G] ly

There were [C] ten of us livin' in a [G] two-room shack

On the [D7] banks of the river by the [G] railroad tracks

We [C] kept chickens in a [G] pen in the back

And ever'body said we were [D7] Po' Folks. ...

My [G] daddy was a farmer, but [D7] all he ever raised was [G] us

He dug a forty-foot well, struck [D7] thrirty-six gallons of [G] dust

The [C] Salvation Army gave us [G] clothes to wear

A [D7] man from the County came to [G] cut our hair

We [C] lived next door to a [G] millionaire

But [D7] we wasn't nothin' but [G] Po' Folks.

Refrain:

We was [C] Po' Folks livin' in a [G] rich folks world

We [D7] sure was a hungry [G] bunch

If the [C] wolf had ever come to [G] our front door

[A7] He'd a had to brought a [D7] picnic lunch.

My [G] granddaddy's pension was a [D7] dollar and thirty-three [G] cents

That was ten dollars less than the [D7] landlord wanted for [G] rent

The [C] landlord's letters got [G] nasty, indeed

He [D7] wrote: "Get out!", but [G] Pa couldn't read

And [C] we were too broke, to [G] even pay heed

But [D7] that's how it is, when you're [G] Po' Folks.

Refrain:

But [G] we had somethin' in our [D7] house, money can't [G] buy

Kept us warm in the winter, [D7] cool when the sun was [G] high

For [C] whenever we didn't have food [G] enough

And the [D7] howlin' winds, would [G] get pretty rough

We [C] patched the cracks and set the [G] [S-P] table with 'Love'

'Cause [D7] that's what you do, when you're [G] Po' Folks;

And [D7] we wasn't nothin' but [G] Po' Folks

My [D7] mom and my dad was [G] Po' Folks

My [D7] brother and my sister was [G] Po' Folks [FADE]

My [D7] dog and my cat was [G] Po' Folks

And [D7] even the Po' Folks was [G] Po' Folks.

SOURCE: BILL ANDERSON'S GREATEST HITS/DECCA RECORDS DL7-4859