Chords for "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" played by Norman Blake
Tempo:
105.6 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown
Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy of [G] the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star runnin' along [D] the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes upon [G] my feet
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My father died a drunkard, sir, I heard [D] my mother say
I am helping mother, sir, to travel [G] on life's way
Now mother, she often tells me, sir, I've nothing in [D] the world to lose
Got a place in heaven, sir, to sell the [G] gospel news
And I sell the morning paper, sir, my [D] name is Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy [G] of the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star [D] runnin' along the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes [G] upon my feet
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Oh, never mind, sir, how I look, don't look at [D] me and frown
Sell the morning paper, sir, my [G] name is Jimmy Brown
I'm awful cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are [D] worn and thin
Wonder about from place to place my daily bread [G] to win
And I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown
Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy of [G] the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star runnin' [Bm] along [D] the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes [G] upon my feet
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And I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is [D] Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows me, [F#] sir, the newsboy [G] of the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star [D] runnin' along the street
Got no hat upon me, no [G] shoes upon my feet
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[Em] [G] [D]
[Bm] [F#m] [G]
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I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown
Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy of [G] the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star runnin' along [D] the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes upon [G] my feet
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My father died a drunkard, sir, I heard [D] my mother say
I am helping mother, sir, to travel [G] on life's way
Now mother, she often tells me, sir, I've nothing in [D] the world to lose
Got a place in heaven, sir, to sell the [G] gospel news
And I sell the morning paper, sir, my [D] name is Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy [G] of the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star [D] runnin' along the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes [G] upon my feet
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Oh, never mind, sir, how I look, don't look at [D] me and frown
Sell the morning paper, sir, my [G] name is Jimmy Brown
I'm awful cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are [D] worn and thin
Wonder about from place to place my daily bread [G] to win
And I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown
Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy of [G] the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star runnin' [Bm] along [D] the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes [G] upon my feet
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And I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is [D] Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows me, [F#] sir, the newsboy [G] of the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star [D] runnin' along the street
Got no hat upon me, no [G] shoes upon my feet
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_ _ _ I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown
Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy of [G] the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star runnin' along [D] the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes upon [G] my feet _
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_ _ _ _ My father died a drunkard, sir, I heard [D] my mother say
I am helping mother, sir, to travel [G] on life's way
_ Now mother, she often tells me, sir, I've nothing in [D] the world to lose
Got a place in heaven, sir, to sell the [G] gospel news _
And I sell the morning paper, sir, my [D] name is Jimmy Brown
_ Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy [G] of the town
_ You can hear me cryin', morning star [D] runnin' along the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes [G] upon my feet _ _ _ _ _ _
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Oh, never mind, sir, how I look, don't look at [D] me and frown
Sell the morning paper, sir, my [G] name is Jimmy Brown _
I'm awful cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are [D] worn and thin
Wonder about from place to place my daily bread [G] to win
And I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown
_ Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy of [G] the town
_ You can hear me cryin', morning star runnin' [Bm] along [D] the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes [G] upon my feet _ _ _ _
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And I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is [D] Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows me, [F#] sir, the newsboy [G] of the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star [D] runnin' along the street
Got no hat upon me, no [G] shoes upon my feet _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown
Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy of [G] the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star runnin' along [D] the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes upon [G] my feet _
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_ _ _ _ My father died a drunkard, sir, I heard [D] my mother say
I am helping mother, sir, to travel [G] on life's way
_ Now mother, she often tells me, sir, I've nothing in [D] the world to lose
Got a place in heaven, sir, to sell the [G] gospel news _
And I sell the morning paper, sir, my [D] name is Jimmy Brown
_ Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy [G] of the town
_ You can hear me cryin', morning star [D] runnin' along the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes [G] upon my feet _ _ _ _ _ _
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Oh, never mind, sir, how I look, don't look at [D] me and frown
Sell the morning paper, sir, my [G] name is Jimmy Brown _
I'm awful cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are [D] worn and thin
Wonder about from place to place my daily bread [G] to win
And I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown
_ Everybody knows me, sir, the newsboy of [G] the town
_ You can hear me cryin', morning star runnin' [Bm] along [D] the street
Got no hat upon me, no shoes [G] upon my feet _ _ _ _
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And I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is [D] Jimmy Brown
Everybody knows me, [F#] sir, the newsboy [G] of the town
You can hear me cryin', morning star [D] runnin' along the street
Got no hat upon me, no [G] shoes upon my feet _ _ _ _ _