{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2588247,"song":"Poor Man","artist":"Jeffrey Martin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11518342-poor-man-chords-by-jeffrey-martin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2588247?type=chord","rating":4.75939,"votes":16,"content":"[tab]--------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n          Poor Man     Jeffrey Martin\r\n----------------------------------------------------- 2018 ---------[/tab]\r\n[tab]Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat\r\nE-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk\r\nTuning: eBGDAE[/tab]\r\n\r\nCapo 2 to play along with the original full track:\r\n\r\nThe VERSE chord pattern is a famliar one - Em G C\r\nBut the CHORUS embellishment (D9) and the OUTRO run down (G - G/f# -) make it more interesting.\r\nThe trickiest part is what he is doing with his right hand.\r\nHe's using a basic 'educated thumb' playing alternate bass note and a middle note for each chord.\r\nIf you have this technique already then the rest is pretty easy - \r\nif not you will need to watch the video carefully and practise what he does.\r\nWhen you listen to the song lots and play along then the pattern will sound easier.\r\n\r\nNB: the second chord in the OUTRO is really a G/f# (ie simple G with an F# note on the bottom string)\r\nBut the Automagic checker doesn't like that notation so I've called it a name that passes the test!!\r\n\r\n[tab]    [Verse chords] [Chorus chords]  [Outro chords]\r\n    [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D9[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n e|-0--x-0--|       e|-0--0--x--|    e|-3-3-----0-0--|\r\n B|-0--0-1--|       B|-3--0--0--|    e|-0-0-----1-0--|\r\n G|-0--0-0--|       G|-0--0--0--|    e|-0-0-----0-0--|\r\n D|-2--0-2--|       D|-4--2--0--|    e|-0-0-----2-2--|\r\n A|-2--2-3--|       A|-5--2--2--|    e|-2-0-----3-2--|\r\n E|-0--3-x--|       E|-x--0--3--|    e|-3-2-----3-0--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe’s an asphalt man     just like his daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTen hour days of rolling tar buys a double wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown an old dirt road    outside the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the edge of a muddy creek and the county line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D9[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh Maggie, keep an eye on the water line[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D9[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe car won’t start and the money never comes in on time[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D9[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D9[/ch]\r\nOh Maggie, keep an eye on the water line   I feel it moving[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey’ve got a baby on the way but his wife still feels empty[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSays it’s hard to feel pretty when they're always counting dimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe sits up nights in the kitchen in the  dark when it’s raining[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe can’t sleep for the sound    pounding in his mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D9[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh Maggie, keep an eye on the water line[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D9[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe car won’t start and the money never comes in on time[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D9[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D9[/ch]\r\nOh Maggie, keep an eye on the water line   I feel it moving[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m not a bad man, I’m a poor man[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m not a bad man, I’m a poor man[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m not a bad man, I’m a poor man sinking[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2 to play along with the original full track:\n\nThe VERSE chord pattern is a famliar one - Em G C\nBut the CHORUS embellishment (D9) and the OUTRO run down (G - G/f# -) make it more interesting.\nThe trickiest part is what he is doing with his right hand.\nHe's using a basic 'educated thumb' playing alternate bass note and a middle note for each chord.\nIf you have this technique already then the rest is pretty easy - \nif not you will need to watch the video carefully and practise what he does.\nWhen you listen to the song lots and play along then the pattern will sound easier.\n\nNB: the second chord in the OUTRO is really a G/f# (ie simple G with an F# note on the bottom string)\nBut the Automagic checker doesn't like that notation so I've called it a name that passes the test!!\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","Em","G","C","D9","F","Gmaj7","B","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}