Chords for How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live (Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage F...

[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] I had a chance to travel around New Orleans yesterday, _ from Lakeview to [F] the 9th Ward.
_ [Bb] I think I saw sights I [Eb] never thought I'd see in an American city. _ _ _ _ _
The _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] criminal ineptitude makes you furious.
This is what _ _ [Ebm] _
happens when political cronyism guts the very agencies that are supposed to
serve [Eb] American citizens in times of trial and [Ebm] hardship.
_ _ It's what happens [N] when people play [Ebm] political games with other [Bb] people's lives.
_ This is a song by a fella named Blind Alfred Reed.
I recorded it a week after the stock market crashed, the pre-sage of the Great Depression. _
_ _ _ I kept the first verse and I wrote three more.
This is for New Orleans tonight.
Dedicated to _ _ a president bystander.
How [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Eb] can a poor man stand such times as this?
[Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] Well [Bb] a doctor comes [F] around here with his [Bb] face so bright.
And he says in a little while [F] you'll be alright.
_ [Bb] But all he gives is a Humpback Pill, [Eb] a dose of dope [Cm] and a great big bill.
[Bb] Tell me, how [Fm] can a poor man stand [Eb] such times as this?
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ He said me and my old [F] school pals had some mighty [Bb] high times right here.
And what happened to you poor folks?
[F] Well it just ain't fair.
[Bb] He took a look around, gave a little pep talk.
[Eb] Said I'm with ya, [Cm] then he took a little walk.
[Bb] Tell me, how [F] can a poor man stand [Eb] such times as this?
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ This body's [F] floating on canal and [Bb] the levee's gone to hell.
Martha get me my 16 gauge [F] and some dry shells.
[Bb] Them who got got out of town and them [Eb] who ain't got left [Cm] to drown.
[Bb] Tell me, how can a poor [F] man stand such [Eb] times as [Bb] this? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] [Bb] I _
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ got family [F] scattered from Texas [Bb] to Baltimore.
_ _ And I ain't got no home in [F] this world no more.
[Eb] [Bb] Gonna be a judgment, [Ab] that's a fact.
[C] A [B] righteous chain [Cm] rolling down this [Bb] track.
How [F] can a poor man [Eb] stand such times as this?
_ [Bb] How can a [F] poor man stand [Bb] such [Eb] times as this?
[C] Tell [Bb] me, how can a poor [F] man stand [Eb] such times as this?
[Bb] Tell me, how can a [F] poor man stand [Bb] such [Eb] times?
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _