Chords for Freddie McGregor - To be poor is a crime . 1991
Tempo:
147.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bm
G
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D] [Em]
It's the big man wants to be [F#] richer, while the poor man sleep [Em] and suffer, [Am] but that can't work.
[C] [Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [G#] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor is [C] a crime, [Bm] man [D] I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
I [G] don't want to [C] be begging, God knows I'm a trying, to make a honest living, with all
of my strength I'm a giving.
To [B] be poor [C]
is a crime, [Bm] man [D] I feel [C] no doubt in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Em] I'm tired of being pushed [G] around, oh God help me to get off the ground, they want to see [C] me down.
It's [Bm] really hard for some of us to [C] stay around.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[C#] To be poor [F] is a [E] crime, oh [D] now, man I feel no doubt [Am] in this here time.
[G] Oh well, [C]
oh [G] yeah.
[C] [Bm] [C]
[Em] [Bm]
[C] [G] Two young [C] children crying, [G] it really keeps [Am] me sighing.
[G] Mind breaking [C] I'm not lying, [B] enough time I've seen man [C] crying.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [D] man I feel [C] no doubt in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [F#m] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[G] Now you may see [C] me [G] wrong, the way I sing my [F#] song, yeah.
[G] Tell me how must [F#] we untangle, [G] when frustration is [C#] our [Am] only angle.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[D] To be poor [C]
is a crime, [F#m] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[D] To be poor [C] is a crime, oh yeah, it [Bm] ain't no more.
[Em] It's so hard when you're [Bm] poor,
[C] struggling to be [Bm] free.
[G] Oh well, oh [D] yeah.
[G]
Man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Bm] To be [Em] poor is a crime, man [G] I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[G] To grow up and see me [F] grind and struggle, the [N] same thing happened to me daddy.
Enough now struggling with me mommy, [Dm] and the same thing come happen to [C] me brother.
Life [Bm] ain't no easy when [C] you're poor, [D] always struggling to have a [Am] little more.
[D] To be poor [Am] is a crime, [D] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[B] To be poor [C] is a [Em] crime, [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
You [G] have to know that in this here crucial time.
You have to know that in this here tough time.
You have to know that cause of time well run.
Man you shoulda know that a long time [C] ago.
For [Em] to be poor is [Am] a crime, [G] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
To be poor is a crime, [D] man I feel no doubt [Am] in this here time.
[G]
It's the big man wants to be [F#] richer, while the poor man sleep [Em] and suffer, [Am] but that can't work.
[C] [Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [G#] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor is [C] a crime, [Bm] man [D] I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
I [G] don't want to [C] be begging, God knows I'm a trying, to make a honest living, with all
of my strength I'm a giving.
To [B] be poor [C]
is a crime, [Bm] man [D] I feel [C] no doubt in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Em] I'm tired of being pushed [G] around, oh God help me to get off the ground, they want to see [C] me down.
It's [Bm] really hard for some of us to [C] stay around.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[C#] To be poor [F] is a [E] crime, oh [D] now, man I feel no doubt [Am] in this here time.
[G] Oh well, [C]
oh [G] yeah.
[C] [Bm] [C]
[Em] [Bm]
[C] [G] Two young [C] children crying, [G] it really keeps [Am] me sighing.
[G] Mind breaking [C] I'm not lying, [B] enough time I've seen man [C] crying.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [D] man I feel [C] no doubt in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [F#m] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[G] Now you may see [C] me [G] wrong, the way I sing my [F#] song, yeah.
[G] Tell me how must [F#] we untangle, [G] when frustration is [C#] our [Am] only angle.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[D] To be poor [C]
is a crime, [F#m] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[D] To be poor [C] is a crime, oh yeah, it [Bm] ain't no more.
[Em] It's so hard when you're [Bm] poor,
[C] struggling to be [Bm] free.
[G] Oh well, oh [D] yeah.
[G]
Man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Bm] To be [Em] poor is a crime, man [G] I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[G] To grow up and see me [F] grind and struggle, the [N] same thing happened to me daddy.
Enough now struggling with me mommy, [Dm] and the same thing come happen to [C] me brother.
Life [Bm] ain't no easy when [C] you're poor, [D] always struggling to have a [Am] little more.
[D] To be poor [Am] is a crime, [D] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[B] To be poor [C] is a [Em] crime, [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
You [G] have to know that in this here crucial time.
You have to know that in this here tough time.
You have to know that cause of time well run.
Man you shoulda know that a long time [C] ago.
For [Em] to be poor is [Am] a crime, [G] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
To be poor is a crime, [D] man I feel no doubt [Am] in this here time.
[G]
Key:
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Bm
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C
Bm
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ It's the big man wants to be [F#] richer, while the poor man sleep [Em] and suffer, [Am] but that can't work.
[C] _ _ _ [Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, _ [G#] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor is [C] a crime, [Bm] _ man [D] I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
I _ [G] _ don't want to [C] be begging, _ _ _ God knows I'm a trying, _ to make a honest living, _ with all
of my strength I'm a giving.
To [B] be poor [C]
is a crime, _ [Bm] man [D] I feel [C] no doubt in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, _ [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Em] _ I'm tired of being pushed [G] around, _ oh God help me to get off the ground, they want to see [C] me down.
_ It's [Bm] really hard for some of us to [C] stay around.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] _ man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[C#] To be poor [F] is a [E] crime, oh [D] now, man I feel no doubt [Am] in this here time.
[G] Oh well, [C] _
_ _ oh [G] yeah. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] Two young [C] children crying, _ _ [G] it really keeps [Am] me sighing.
_ [G] Mind breaking [C] I'm not lying, _ _ [B] enough time I've seen man [C] crying.
_ [Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, _ [D] man I feel [C] no doubt in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, _ [F#m] _ man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[G] Now you may see [C] me _ [G] wrong, the way I sing my [F#] song, yeah.
_ [G] Tell me how must [F#] we untangle, [G] when frustration is [C#] our [Am] only angle.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] _ man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[D] To be poor _ [C]
is a crime, _ [F#m] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[D] To be poor [C] is a crime, oh yeah, it [Bm] ain't no more. _
[Em] It's so hard when you're [Bm] poor, _ _
[C] struggling to be [Bm] free. _ _
[G] Oh well, oh [D] yeah.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Bm] To be [Em] poor is a crime, _ man [G] I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[G] To grow up and see me [F] grind and struggle, _ the [N] same thing happened to me daddy.
_ _ Enough now struggling with me mommy, _ [Dm] and the same thing come happen to [C] me brother.
Life [Bm] ain't no easy when [C] you're poor, [D] always struggling to have a [Am] little more.
[D] To be poor [Am] is a crime, _ [D] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[B] To be poor [C] is a [Em] crime, _ [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
You [G] have to know that in this here crucial time.
You have to know that in this here tough time.
You have to know that cause of time well run.
Man you shoulda know that a long time [C] ago.
For [Em] to be poor is [Am] a crime, _ [G] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
To be poor is a crime, [D] _ man I feel no doubt [Am] in this here time.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ It's the big man wants to be [F#] richer, while the poor man sleep [Em] and suffer, [Am] but that can't work.
[C] _ _ _ [Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, _ [G#] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor is [C] a crime, [Bm] _ man [D] I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
I _ [G] _ don't want to [C] be begging, _ _ _ God knows I'm a trying, _ to make a honest living, _ with all
of my strength I'm a giving.
To [B] be poor [C]
is a crime, _ [Bm] man [D] I feel [C] no doubt in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, _ [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Em] _ I'm tired of being pushed [G] around, _ oh God help me to get off the ground, they want to see [C] me down.
_ It's [Bm] really hard for some of us to [C] stay around.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] _ man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[C#] To be poor [F] is a [E] crime, oh [D] now, man I feel no doubt [Am] in this here time.
[G] Oh well, [C] _
_ _ oh [G] yeah. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] Two young [C] children crying, _ _ [G] it really keeps [Am] me sighing.
_ [G] Mind breaking [C] I'm not lying, _ _ [B] enough time I've seen man [C] crying.
_ [Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, _ [D] man I feel [C] no doubt in this here time.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, _ [F#m] _ man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[G] Now you may see [C] me _ [G] wrong, the way I sing my [F#] song, yeah.
_ [G] Tell me how must [F#] we untangle, [G] when frustration is [C#] our [Am] only angle.
[Bm] To be poor [C] is a crime, [Bm] _ man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[D] To be poor _ [C]
is a crime, _ [F#m] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[D] To be poor [C] is a crime, oh yeah, it [Bm] ain't no more. _
[Em] It's so hard when you're [Bm] poor, _ _
[C] struggling to be [Bm] free. _ _
[G] Oh well, oh [D] yeah.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[Bm] To be [Em] poor is a crime, _ man [G] I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[G] To grow up and see me [F] grind and struggle, _ the [N] same thing happened to me daddy.
_ _ Enough now struggling with me mommy, _ [Dm] and the same thing come happen to [C] me brother.
Life [Bm] ain't no easy when [C] you're poor, [D] always struggling to have a [Am] little more.
[D] To be poor [Am] is a crime, _ [D] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
[B] To be poor [C] is a [Em] crime, _ [Bm] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
You [G] have to know that in this here crucial time.
You have to know that in this here tough time.
You have to know that cause of time well run.
Man you shoulda know that a long time [C] ago.
For [Em] to be poor is [Am] a crime, _ [G] man I feel no doubt [C] in this here time.
To be poor is a crime, [D] _ man I feel no doubt [Am] in this here time.
[G] _ _ _ _ _