Chords for John Greyhound Maxwell-How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live by Blind Alfred Reed

_ How can a poor man stand such times and live?
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] There once was a [D] time when everything [G] was cheap
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For the [D] man to see _ _ _ _
[G] When we pay our grocery bill
We [C] just feel [D] like making [A] our bill
Tell [G] me, how can a poor man [D] stand such [G] times and live?
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_ _ [G] How can a [A] poor man stand such [G] times and live? _ _ _ _
I remember when [D] God had no [G] cheap ass dirt
[C] _ _ _ You could spend three bucks and buy a dandy [D] shirt _ _ _
[G] Now you pay four bucks more
Maybe [D] get a shirt that another [A] man wore
Tell [G] me, how can a poor [C] man stand such [G] times and live?
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_ _ [G] _ How can [Bm] a poor [D] man stand such [G] times and live? _ _ _
No ambition's [D] fine if it's [G] conducted right
_ _ _ There's a sentence shooting a man till he [D] shows flight
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[G] Officers kill without a cause
Then [C] complain about [D] funny [A] laws
Tell [G] me, how can a poor man stand [D] such times [G] and live? _
[C] _ _ [G] Tell me, how can a poor [A] man stand such [G] times and live? _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, the doctor comes [D] around with his face [G] all bright _
_ _ And he says in a little while it'll be [D] alright
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[G] gives his a humble pill
Little [C] dose of hope and a great [A] big pill
Tell [G] me, how can a poor man stand such times?
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_ [G] Tell me, how can a [D] poor man stand such times and live?
_ [C] _ Tell [G] me, how can a poor man stand such times and live? _
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