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[Verse]
AmYouEr Amknuckles are bare and red as the sun
AmYouEr Amhead pounds like fists in the night
AmAnd EtAmhe woman at home, she said you’re no good
AmYou EsAmtepped out ‘cause you know that she’s right
[Chorus]
CWeAmll good times are found in a bottle and a zip-lock bag
FAnAmd when you met it was love at first sight
CAnAmd it’s trouble ahead and a mess to the left and the right
DmThe E7devil you know, that’s where you’ve been
AmOut on the poverty wind
[Verse]
AmIt’Es Ameight-fifty an hour, get your ass out of bed
AmStaEnd Amin line and work for the day
AmFor Ea Amslave-driving bastard, no better than you
AmYouE’rAme in luck if you ever see your pay
[Chorus]
CWeAmll you’ve had it bad and it shows in the lines of your face
FBuAmt it can’t get any worse now you’ve found your place
CWiAmth those loud mouth, piece of shit nothings that you call friends
DmIt E7blows hard, and you can’t win
AmAgainst the poverty wind
[Verse]
AmThe EbAmar down the street smells like home, you’re supposed to escape
AmThaEt Ammildew, second-hand smoke and old brown paint
AmAnd EtAmhe kid is as restless as you were at his damn age
AmYou EhAmope that he won’t, but know that he will
[Chorus]
CWeAmll good times are found in a bottle and a zip-lock bag
FAnAmd when you met it was love at first sight
CAnAmd it’s trouble ahead and a mess to the left and the right
DmThe E7devil you know, that’s where you’ve been
DmThe E7devil you know, that’s where you’ve been
DmThe E7devil you know, that’s where you’ve been
AmOut on the poverty wind

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Poverty Wind

by Sarah Jane Scouten

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[Verse]

Am E Am

Your knuckles are bare and red as the sun

Am E Am

Your head pounds like fists in the night

Am E Am

And the woman at home, she said you’re no good

Am E Am

You stepped out ‘cause you know that she’s right

[Chorus]

C Am

Well good times are found in a bottle and a zip-lock bag

F Am

And when you met it was love at first sight

C Am

And it’s trouble ahead and a mess to the left and the right

Dm E7

The devil you know, that’s where you’ve been

Out on the poverty wind

[Verse]

Am E Am

It’s eight-fifty an hour, get your ass out of bed

Am E Am

Stand in line and work for the day

Am E Am

For a slave-driving bastard, no better than you

Am E Am

You’re in luck if you ever see your pay

[Chorus]

C Am

Well you’ve had it bad and it shows in the lines of your face

F Am

But it can’t get any worse now you’ve found your place

C Am

With those loud mouth, piece of shit nothings that you call friends

Dm E7

It blows hard, and you can’t win

Against the poverty wind

[Verse]

Am E Am

The bar down the street smells like home, you’re supposed to escape

Am E Am

That mildew, second-hand smoke and old brown paint

Am E Am

And the kid is as restless as you were at his damn age

Am E Am

You hope that he won’t, but know that he will

[Chorus]

C Am

Well good times are found in a bottle and a zip-lock bag

F Am

And when you met it was love at first sight

C Am

And it’s trouble ahead and a mess to the left and the right

Dm E7

The devil you know, that’s where you’ve been

Dm E7

The devil you know, that’s where you’ve been

Dm E7

The devil you know, that’s where you’ve been

Out on the poverty wind

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