Chords for Joe Bonamassa Official - "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" - Live At Carnegie Hall

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_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [G] Oh, _
[A] _ once [E] upon a time when everything _ [D] was [A] cheap,
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but now prices [D] nearly [A] put a man [E] to sleep.
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[A] Well, we pay our grocery bill, _ [D] oh, he like to [C] make [Bm] my will.
Tell me, [A] how can a [E] poor man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ Oh, [G]
[Am] I remember _ [E] when dry goods was [A] cheap as dirt.
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We'd take two [D] bits and [A] buy a [E] dandy shirt.
[B] _ [E] _ _ [F#m] Now we're paying [A] ten bucks or more,
_ maybe [D] get a shirt [Bm] another man wore.
So tell me, [A] how can a poor man stand,
_ _ _ [E] _ _ since [A] time didn't live?
[D] _ _ Tell [A] me, how [F#m] can a [E] poor man stand, since [A] time didn't [D#] live?
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[D] Well, _ _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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[A] I used to trade [E] for the man by the [A] name [B] of [D] Greene.
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[A] Well, flour was fifty [D] [A] cents for twenty-four pounds,
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] now [A] it's gone in a happy sight,
like [D] skin in a flea [Bm] for a tight.
Tell me, [A] how can a poor [E] man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
_ [D] _ _ [D#] Tell [A] me, how can a [E] poor man stand, since [Am] time didn't [D#] [A] live? _ _ _
Now most [Em] preachers, they preach [E] with gold and [A] nickel,
_ [Am] _ _ _ I [A]
tell you, that's what [A] keeps us up. _ _ _
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[A] Well, we could hardly, hardly get our bread.
[D] We're taxed to school and [Bm] breached to death.
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[A] So tell me, how can a poor [E] man stand, since time [A] didn't live?
[D] _ Can you tell [A] me, how _ [E] can a poor man stand, since [A] time didn't _ [B] live?
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[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ Oh, [G] _ [A] _
_ prohibition [E] is good, [A#] it [Am] conducts it [D] right.
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There's no [D] sense shooting [A] a man till he [Dm] _
[E] shows the fight.
_ _ Now [A] officers kill what I call, _ they [D] complain about the [Bm] funny laws.
Tell me, [A] how can a [E] poor man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
_ [D] _ _ Tell me, [A] how can a poor [E] man stand, since [Dm]
[A] time didn't live?
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[A] Older school today, [E] _ _ _ [G]
[A] I [D] said, [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _
but they see it too, that every child [G]
is a [Bm] stranger.
_ [Em] _ And [A] if you don't send every pay, _ you [D] gotta have that [Bm] mind to pay.
Oh, [A] tell me, how _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] can _ _ [D] a _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] poor man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
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_ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] [G] Oh, _ [A] it's time every [E] man to [A] pay a way. _ _ _ _
Will we pay fifty cents a pound when we [E] ask for a stay? _ _ _
Will [A] we tip our pocky jokes while [D] tapering, [Bm] grizzling, bowling?
Tell [A] me, how can a [E] poor man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
_ [Em] _ [D] _ Tell me, [A] how can a poor [E] man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
[Am] _ [A] _ Well, [G] _
[A] the doctor [G] comes [E] around, his [A] face so [D] bright.
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He says, [Bm] little, [A] little wife, _ [E] you'll be _ alright. _ _ _
[A] And he gives me a home of milk, [D] no soap and a gravy [Bm] bill.
Tell [A] me, how can a [E] poor man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
_ [D] _ _ Tell [A] me, how can a [E] poor man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
_ [D] _ _ Tell [A] me, how can a [E] poor man stand, since [A] time didn't live?
_ [D] Tell _ [A] me, how can [E] a poor [Em] man stand, _ _ [D] such _ time [A] _
_ [D] didn't live? _ _ _
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