Chords for Bruce Springsteen - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live (Live Tour Video)

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_ We had our _ first show down in New Orleans, the New Orleans Jazz [N] and Heritage Festival.
It was an honor to play [Eb] there. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] It's hard to explain what New Orleans is like.
[F] You can't quite get it from the [B] television [Bb] or papers [Eb] or pictures. _
_ [Bb] _ _ It's just mile after mile of devastated [F] neighborhoods.
_ _ I think [Bb] the city law is close to half its [Eb] population.
If _ [Fm] you're a musician, _ it's _ sacred ground down there.
_ [Bb] Everything came from overseas and got mixed up there and became blues and jazz and rock and roll music
and so much of the music that we're playing here tonight.
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ So it's [G] going to take such a long time and so much national [Bb] attention for [F] the city to get back on its feet.
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ And _ [Bb] it's just one of those [Cm] things that can. _ _
_ _ [Bbm] You've got to check your [F] short attention span [Bb] on that one.
You keep your eyes on what's [Eb] going on down here.
_ _ _ This is a song called How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
This was written by a guy named [F] Blind Alfred Reed.
[C] He wrote it at the beginning of the Depression and I added [Eb] a few verses, hoping he [Bbm] wouldn't mind.
[F] And in _ [Bb] honor of _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ President Bush's [Bb] _
visit down there, where he managed to gut [F] the _ [Gm] only agency through political cronyism
that was supposed to [Eb] assist American citizens in times like that. _ _
So, it's [Bb] all in a day's work _ these _ _ days.
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And we'll let the music speak to the rest of the talk.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Well, a doctor come [F] round here with a [Bb] face so bright
_ _ _ And he says in a little while he'll [F] be alright
_ _ _ But [Bb] all he gives is a humble pill
[Eb] A dose of dope and [Cm] a great big bill
Tell [Bb] me, how can a [Fm] poor man stand such [Eb] times and live?
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_ He said me and my old school [F] pals had some mighty hard [Bb] times right here
_ And what happened to you poor black folks, well it just [F] ain't fair
_ _ He took a [Bb] look around, gave a little pep talk
Said [Eb] I'm with ya, then he took [Cm] a little walk
Tell [Bb] me, how can a [F] poor man stand such [Eb] times and live? _
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_ _ _ Nurse bodies floating on a [F] canal and the [Bb] levee's gone to hell
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ Martha, get me my 16 gauge and some [F] dry _ _ shells
_ [Bb] Them who got got out of town
And them [Eb] who ain't got [Cm] left to drown
Tell [Bb] me, how can a [F] poor man stand such [Eb] times and live?
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_ _ Now I got family scattered [F] from Texas to [Bb] Baltimore _ _
_ And _ mister, I ain't got no home in [F] this world no more
_ [Eb] _ Gonna [Db] be a judgment that's [Cm] a fact
A righteous man rolling down this track
_ [Bb] _ How can a [F] poor man stand such [Eb] times and live?
_ _ [Bb] _ Tell me, how can a [F] poor man stand such [Eb] times and live?
_ _ [Bb] _ Tell me, how can a [F] poor man stand such [Eb] times and live?
_ _ [Bb] _ Tell me, how can a [F] poor man stand such [Eb] times and live?
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_ How you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ doing
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