Chords for Jesse Welles - The Poor - World Cafe Live, Phila. PA 022025
Tempo:
92.725 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
C
Cm
Eb
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[Cm] [Eb] I'm gonna [Ab] go run that water [Cm] box.
If [C] you worked a little harder, then you'd have a lot more.
so damn far.
inflation.
Screwing the whole congregation, [Cm] I had to have reduced lunch.
cards.
being so damn hard.
[Cm] [Eb] I'm gonna [Ab] go run that water [Cm] box.
If [C] you worked a little harder, then you'd have a lot more.
so damn far.
inflation.
Screwing the whole congregation, [Cm] I had to have reduced lunch.
cards.
being so damn hard.
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Ab
C
Cm
Eb
E
Ab
C
Cm
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I'm gonna [Ab] go run that water [Cm] box.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
If [C] you worked a little harder, then you'd have a lot more.
It's a shame it'll blame you, [Ab] it ain't so damn far.
It [C] ain't the price gouging, it ain't [Ab] the inflation.
_ [C] It ain't everyone a bucky trying to make a buck from [Ab] you.
Screwing the whole congregation, [Cm] I had to have reduced lunch.
I had to [Ab] benefit cards.
_ [C] Never occurred to me to blame my family [Ab] on life being so damn hard.
I should have [C] paid attention, back when I [Ab] was in school.
_ [C] Then I would know a lot of facts, I could figure out the dates on [Ab] Mr.
Glass where they taught the rules.
[C] I was memorizing capitals, I was in [Ab] the spelling bee.
I [C] must have missed the bar, or they taught harder.
[Ab] _
Private equity, I had to sell [Cm] my chocolate bars.
I had a [Ab] disorder.
_ _ [Cm] Last cup number five, got lost in the [Ab] fog, learning how to play recorder.
If you [C] worked a little harder, _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ if you worked a [Eb] little harder,
Ah, ah, if you worked a little harder,
_ Ah, [Ab] ah, if [C] you worked a little harder,
then you'd have a [Ab] lot more.
It's [Cm] a shame and a blame on you [Ab] for being so damn poor.
[Cm] It ain't the banks, and it ain't [Ab] the taxes.
[C] It ain't the payday loans and the hiring [Ab] homes,
and the little fees and practices, [Cm] or your long flag.
Whatever [Ab] it means, [C] you should ask yourself when it comes to helping [Ab] the poor.
Are they all that free?
[C] If you only worked a little harder, _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ if you worked [Eb] a little harder,
Ah, [Ab] ah, _ if you worked [Eb] a little harder,
Ah, [Ab] ah, _ if you [C] worked a little harder,
then you'd [Ab] have a lot more.
_ [C] It's a shame and a blame on you [Ab] for being so damn poor.
[C] Yeah.
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Woo [N]-hoo! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I'm gonna [Ab] go run that water [Cm] box.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
If [C] you worked a little harder, then you'd have a lot more.
It's a shame it'll blame you, [Ab] it ain't so damn far.
It [C] ain't the price gouging, it ain't [Ab] the inflation.
_ [C] It ain't everyone a bucky trying to make a buck from [Ab] you.
Screwing the whole congregation, [Cm] I had to have reduced lunch.
I had to [Ab] benefit cards.
_ [C] Never occurred to me to blame my family [Ab] on life being so damn hard.
I should have [C] paid attention, back when I [Ab] was in school.
_ [C] Then I would know a lot of facts, I could figure out the dates on [Ab] Mr.
Glass where they taught the rules.
[C] I was memorizing capitals, I was in [Ab] the spelling bee.
I [C] must have missed the bar, or they taught harder.
[Ab] _
Private equity, I had to sell [Cm] my chocolate bars.
I had a [Ab] disorder.
_ _ [Cm] Last cup number five, got lost in the [Ab] fog, learning how to play recorder.
If you [C] worked a little harder, _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ if you worked a [Eb] little harder,
Ah, ah, if you worked a little harder,
_ Ah, [Ab] ah, if [C] you worked a little harder,
then you'd have a [Ab] lot more.
It's [Cm] a shame and a blame on you [Ab] for being so damn poor.
[Cm] It ain't the banks, and it ain't [Ab] the taxes.
[C] It ain't the payday loans and the hiring [Ab] homes,
and the little fees and practices, [Cm] or your long flag.
Whatever [Ab] it means, [C] you should ask yourself when it comes to helping [Ab] the poor.
Are they all that free?
[C] If you only worked a little harder, _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ if you worked [Eb] a little harder,
Ah, [Ab] ah, _ if you worked [Eb] a little harder,
Ah, [Ab] ah, _ if you [C] worked a little harder,
then you'd [Ab] have a lot more.
_ [C] It's a shame and a blame on you [Ab] for being so damn poor.
[C] Yeah.
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Woo [N]-hoo! _ _ _ _ _