Chords for Clarence Carter - The few troubles I've had

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_ _ _ [A#m] Now some of y'all I know I've [F#] told this story to before, _ [G#] _ _ but [C#] to all of you that I never
got a chance [A#m] to tell it true, I want [F#] to tell you something that happened to me back in
January of 1964.
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_ Well [A#m] you see, I was sitting out at my [F#] house in Montgomery, Alabama, [C#] _ and I got a letter
in the mail.
_ [A#m] The man told me that if [F#] I didn't have my rent in the office by [G#] five o'clock, [C#] I was going
to have to get outdoors.
_ _ _ [A#m] I'm just going to tell you all [F#] about a few troubles I had, that's [G#] all.
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The paper boy came and he brought me my [A#m] morning paper, _ [F#]
and I took it and went inside [C#] to take
a look at the headlines. _
_ And you [A#m] know when I turned on my lamp, I found the man just turned [F#] my electricity [G#] off.
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I'm just going to tell you [A#m] about a few troubles I've had, [F#] that's all.
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Late over in the evening, it began [A#m] to get a little cold outside, and [F#]
I went over to
light my [G#] heater, _ and that's [C#] when I found out the man had done turned my [A#m] gas off too.
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Oh children, [G#] let me tell you about a few troubles I had.
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_ _ _ [A#m] _ _ The [F#] only girl I ever loved in my whole [G#] life [C#] called me on the telephone.
She said, Clarence, I need to borrow [A#m] five dollars.
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You know I didn't have but [C#] fifty cents in my name.
It had a hole in it, so she put me [A#m] down.
_ [F#] Oh children, let [G#] me tell you about a few troubles I had.
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_ _ _ [A#m] You know, [F#] I didn't have but two eggs [G#] in my house to eat for my breakfast the next [C#] morning. _
_ _ _ [A#m] The old cat [F#] jumped up on the table and knocked them off, and now they're [G#] gone.
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Oh children, my troubles [A#m] came that day.
So [F#] I just got down my old guitar [G#] and decided I'd [C#] sing myself a song. _
I wanted to sing something, children, [A#m] that was going to satisfy [F#] my soul.
_ _ [G#] _ _ So [C#] while I was sitting there thinking [A#m] about all my troubles, words [F#] like these came to my mind.
[G#] _ _ [C#] I say, oh, _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#] why did you make [C#] me _ _ [A#m] human?
_ [C#] _ [F#] I _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] got a land, and I [A#m] got a pride.
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_ I got [G#] to live, and [C#] Lord, I got to die.
[A#m] _ _ _ [F#] I _ _ just keep [C#] having my trouble, y'all.
_ _ So [F#] when trouble comes, it seems like it comes.
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