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Poor Man's Blues Chords

Music by: Hoyt Axton
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[Verse 1]
[D]Yea[G]h,[D][A]
[D]Mr.[A] Rich M[D]an, Mr. Rich Man[G][D]
Open up your heart and [F]mind
[D]Mr. [G]Rich [Ddim]Man, Mr. Ri[G]ch Man
[Em]Open[D] up your heart[E]
and [D]mind[Fdim]
Yeah, now [Em]give a poor man [E]a chance
[Em]Help [A]stop these hard,
[D]hard [G]times[D]
[E]Yeah, [A]while you're [D]living
in your man[A]sion
[D]You [G]don't know wha[Ddim]t
hard times [G]mean[D]
While you're [G]livin' in your mansion
[D]You don't know [E]what hard [F#m]times mean
[D]Yea[Fdim]h, the [G]poor[E] workin'
man's [Em]wife is [G]starvin'
[A]Your wif[D]e's liv[A]in' lik[D]e a
[G]queen[D]
[E]Yeah, [A]won't you
[D]listen to my pleadin'
[G]I can't stand these
[Ddim]hard tim[D]es no more
Yeah, won't you listen [G]to my [Ddim]plead i[G]n'
I can't stand these hard
[D]times no [E]more[D]
[Fdim]Oh, they'll make[E] an honest man
do [G]thing[A] s he knows
[D]is wro[D]ng
You [A]know the [D]poor man
fought all the [G]battles
[D]Poor man would fight again today, yeah
[G]Poor man fought all the battles
old [D]man [G]he would fig[Em]ht aga[E]in today
[D]he [Fdim]would d[E]o anything y[D]ou ask him[G][A]
in [G]the name [A]of the [D]USA[G][D]
[A]Yeah, now[D] the war is over,
[G]poor man must live the same as [D]you
I [C]say, [G]now the war is over,
poor man must live the same
as [D]you[Bm][D]
[Fdim]Yeah, if it wa[Em]sn't for t[A]he poor man,
Mr. Rich Man, what would [D]you [G]do?[D][A]
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