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signature 3/4
|  A|  D|  A|  F#m|
|  A|  E|  A|    A|
|  A|  E|  A|    A|
He Aspends all his Dweeks in the Abread line
He Dspends all his weekends in Ajail
He Hmspends all his money on F#mdead ends
And Aalways has Dsomething for Esale
He Adoesn’t know Dhow to do Adifferent
He D/Alives with his head in the Asand
DPlaying his role
C#mStuck on the F#mdole
The Ason of a Elandless Aman
|  A|  D|  A|  F#m|
|  A|  E|  A|    A|
|  A|  E|  A|    A|
ANo one never Dcalled him Aambitious
He Dnever pretended to Abe
He Hmbummed around the pool halls to F#mkill time
When he Adropped out of Dschool at sixEteen
It was Athere that Dhe met his Aex-wife
It should have D/Aended before it begAan
She Dbatted her eye lids and C#mhad a few F#mkids
With Athe son of a Elandless Aman
With Athe son of a Elandless Aman
|  A|  D|  A|  F#m|
|  A|  E|  A|    A|
|  A|  E|  A|    A|
Now the Awife and the Dkids are Agone now
He Ddon’t have a clue where they Aare
As Hmone night he pulled out a F#mrifle
In an Aargument Dhe took too Efar
Now Asomeone says Dhe cant Asee them
It’ll D/Abe a long time before he Acan
His Dthree little girls, all C#mgiggles and F#mcurls
and the Ason of a Elandless Aman
Another Ason of a Elandless Aman
|  A|  D|  A|  F#m|
|  A|  E|  A|    A|
|  A|  E|  A|    A|

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Son Of A Landless Man

by The Stanfields

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

D/A

C#m

signature 3/4

A D A F#m

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A E A A

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A E A A

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A D A

He spends all his weeks in the bread line

D A

He spends all his weekends in jail

Hm F#m

He spends all his money on dead ends

A D E

And always has something for sale

A D A

He doesn’t know how to do different

D/A A

He lives with his head in the sand

Playing his role

C#m F#m

Stuck on the dole

A E A

The son of a landless man

A D A F#m

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A E A A

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A E A A

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A D A

No one never called him ambitious

D A

He never pretended to be

Hm F#m

He bummed around the pool halls to kill time

A D E

When he dropped out of school at sixteen

A D A

It was there that he met his ex-wife

D/A A

It should have ended before it began

D C#m F#m

She batted her eye lids and had a few kids

A E A

With the son of a landless man

A E A

With the son of a landless man

A D A F#m

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A E A A

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A E A A

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A D A

Now the wife and the kids are gone now

D A

He don’t have a clue where they are

Hm F#m

As one night he pulled out a rifle

A D E

In an argument he took too far

A D A

Now someone says he cant see them

D/A A

It’ll be a long time before he can

D C#m F#m

His three little girls, all giggles and curls

A E A

and the son of a landless man

A E A

Another son of a landless man

A D A F#m

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A E A A

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A E A A

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