Po Folks Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][A]

[Verse 1]
There's [D]a whole
lot of people
looking [A]down their noses at [D]me
Cause I didn't come from
a [A]wealthy [D]family
There was [G]ten of us living
in a [D]two -room shack
On the [A]banks of the river
by the [D]railroad track
And [G]we kept chickens and
a [D]pen in the back,
and everybody said we was [A]fo' folks
My [D]daddy was a farmer,
but [A]all he ever raised was [D]us
He dug a forty foot well,
struck [A]thirty -six gallons [D]of dust
The [G]Salvation Army gave us [D]clothes to wear,
a [A]man from the county came [D]to cut our hair
We [G]lived next door to [D]a billionaire,
but [A]that's how it is when
you're [D]poor folks
We was [G]poor folks livin'
in a [D]rich folks' world,
we [A]sure was a hungry [D]bunch
And if the [G]wolf ever come
to [D]our front door,
[E]he'd have to draw a [A]picnic lunch
My [D]granddaddy's pension was a [A]dollar
and thirty -three [D]cents
That was ten dollars less
than the [A]landlord wanted for [D]rent
Oh, the [G]landlord's letters got [D]nasty indeed
He [A]wrote, get out, the [D]call couldn't read
And [G]we was too broke to [D]even pay heed
And [A]that's how it is
when you're [D]poor folks
[A]That's how it is when
you're [D]poor folks
We was [G]poor folks livin'
in a [D]rich folks world
We [A]sure was a hungry bunch
[D]And if the wol[G]f would ever come
to [D]knock on the door
[E]He'd have had to draw a picnic [A]lunch
[F#m]We had[D] somethin' that our[A]
house money can't [D]buy
Kept us warm in the winter
and [A]cool when the sun's high
[D]Weep, weep, weep, weep
For whenev[G]er we didn't
howl [D]good enough
And the [A]howlin' winds
would [D]get pretty rough
We'd [G]patch the crack and
set the [D]table with [A]love[D]
Cause that's [A]how it is
when you're [D]poor folks
And [A]we wasn't that the poor, [D]poor folks
My [A]mama and my papa was the [D]poor folks
A [A]sister and a brother was [D]more folk
A [A]dog and a cat was [D]more folk
And [A]that's how it is
when you're [D]more folk