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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1779469,"song":"Po Folks","artist":"Bill Anderson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11390390-po-folks-chords-by-bill-anderson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1779469?type=chord","rating":4.62154,"votes":15,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a whole lot of people looking down their noses at me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause I didn't come from a wealthy family[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were ten of us living in a two room shack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the banks of the river by the railroad tracks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe kept chickens in a pen in the back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody said we were Po' Folks[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy daddy was a farmer but all he ever raised was us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe dug a forty-foot well struck thirty six gallons of dust[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Salvation Army gave us clothes to wear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D7[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA man from the county came to cut our hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe lived next door to a millionaire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut we wasn't nothing but Po' Folks[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe was Po' Folks living in a rich folks world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe sure was a hungry bunch[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf the wolf had ever come to our front door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe'd a had to brought a picnic lunch[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy granddaddy's pension was a dollar and thirty-three cents[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat was ten dollars less than the landlord wanted for rent[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe landlord's letters got nasty indeed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe wrote  get out  but Pa couldn't read[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we were too broke to even pay heed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut that's how it is when you're Po' Folks[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe was Po' Folks living in a rich folks world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe sure was a hungry bunch[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf the wolf had ever come to our front door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe'd a had to brought a picnic lunch[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut we had something in our house money can't buy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKept us warm in the winter cool when the sun was high[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor whenever we didn't have food enough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the howling winds would get pretty rough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe patched the cracks and set the table with love[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause that's what you do when you're Po' Folks[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we wasn't nothing but Po' Folks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy mom and my dad was Po' Folks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy brother and my sister was Po' Folks [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy dog and my cat was Po' Folks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd even the Po' Folks was Po' 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