Chords for "Just a Bum" by Greg Brown

[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I saw a man, he was a well-dressed man, he had a tan from the yucca [Gm] hand, he had a car, he looked like a [D] star.
I said, hey, don't I know who you [A] are?
But when he glanced into my eyes, [D] I saw he was just always such a big surprise.
He was afraid that he's just a bum.
Someday when all his stuff is gone and [G] he's left [Gm] without a dime, time ain't [D] money.
When all you got is [A] time, you will see him standing on the [D] corner with his 90 beard and his bright red eyes.
There's an old guy, he's a pal of mine, I said, hey, he said, I'm doing [Gm] fine, I'm going up the ladder.
[D] I'm gonna get my million while I am still young.
[A] But tonight when he's had a few, [D] his eyes say different this time.
He's afraid that he's just a bum.
Someday when all his stuff is [Gm] gone and he's left without a dime, time ain't money.
[D] When all you [A] got is time, you will see him standing on the corner [D] with his 90 beard and his bright red eyes.
I'm going, hey, hey, hey, hey.
[F#] [E] Listen to my story, man, hey, hey, [D] hey, hey.
[F#] _ [A] _ Hey, hey, [D] hey.
_ _ Some people live to work, work to live.
Any little tremble in the earth might [E] give you.
You can't hide in a bubble or a London fog.
You [D] can't hide in a mansion with an imported [A] dog.
You _ [D] first wear the painstaking mercy in a paper universe.
We're afraid that we're just a bum.
Someday when all his stuff is gone [G] and we're left without a dime, [D] time ain't money.
When all you got is [A] time, you will see us standing on [D] the corner with our 90 beard and our bright red eyes.
I'm going, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Listen to my [Gm] story, man, hey, [D] hey, hey, hey.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ There's a man of sorrow acquainted with grief.
Stands in line [A#] waiting for a [Em] leaf.
He will tell you it wasn't always this [D] way.
Some bad little thing happened some [A] bad little day.
Heartbreak has bad teeth and sour [D] smell.
And it is what it can.
He's in a hotel and he's afraid that [F#] he's just a bum.
[D] Someday when [G] all his stuff is gone and he's left without a [D] dime, time ain't money.
When all you got [A] is time and you see him, you will see them.
You will see us standing [D] on the corner with our 90 beard and our bright red [A] eyes.