Chords for Bill Anderson- Po' Folks

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[G] _ There's a whole lot [D] of people looking down their [G] noses at me
_ Cause I didn't [D] come from a wealthy [G] family _
[C] There was ten of us [G] living in a two room [D] shack
On the banks of the [G] river by the railroad [C] track
We kept [G] chickens and a pen in the back
And everybody [D] said we was poor folks
[G] My daddy was a [D] farmer but all he ever [G] raised was us
_ Dug a forty foot [D] well, struck thirty six [G] gallons of dust
_ [C] The Salvation [G] Army gave us clothes to [D] wear
A man from the [G] county came to cut our [C] hair
We lived next [G] door to a millionaire
[D] But we was [G] nothing but poor folks
We [C] was poor folks [G] living in a rich folks [D] world
He sure was a [G] hungry bunch
[C] If the wolf had ever [G] come to our front [A] door
He'd have had to [D] brought a picnic [G] lunch
My granddaddy's [D] pension was a dollar and [G] thirty three cents
_ That was ten dollars [D] less than the landlord [G] wanted for rent _
[C] The landlord's [G] letters got nasty [D] indeed
He wrote get [G] out but Paul couldn't [C] read
And we was too [G] broke to even pay heed
But that's how it is when you're poor [C] folks
We [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] was poor folks [G] living in a rich folks [D] world
We sure was a [G] hungry bunch
[C] If the wolf had ever [G] come to our front [A] door
He'd have had to brought a picnic [G] lunch
But we had [D] something in our house [G] money can't buy
_ Kept us warm in the winter, cool when the sun was high
For [C] whenever we [G] didn't have food [D] enough
And the howling [G] winds would get pretty [C] rough
We patched the [G] cracks and set the table with [D] love
Cause that's what you do [G] when you're poor folks
[D] And we was nothing but [G] poor folks
[D] My mom and my dad [G] was poor folks
My brother and my sister was poor folks
[D] My dog and [G] my cat was poor folks _ _ _
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