Kingston Trio-Poverty Hill Chords
Tempo:
110.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
Am
C
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D]
[C]
[D] [Am] [D]
[Am] They come in their summery dresses and [D] jackets so [Am] fine
[D] The [C] rich folks who measure [Am] success with a big [D] dollar sign
[Am] [D] They
[C] gaze with delight [Am] at the rocks and [Bm] the scraggly pine
[Am] [D]
They [C] come in the spring [D] and they stay till the fall
[C] On Paradise Mountain [A] away [D] from it all
[A] Stubble and stone make a hard [D] road to home
What [Bm] little [C] will grow, the drought [D] will kill
[C] The summer [Am] folks call [D] it Paradise [Am] Mountain
[D] But [C] we [Am] call it [D] Poverty Hill
They [Am] say we have beautiful faces as grainy [D] as [Am] wood
[D]
[C] Yeah, they'd like to live here of [Am] all places if only [D] they [Am] could
[D] Well, [C] we don't get those wood [Am] grainy faces [C] from living [D] too good
[Am] [Bm] It's [C] the rocks and the dust [D] and the sun and the heat
[C] It's too much of work [A] and too little [D] to eat
[A] Stubble and stone make [Em] a [D] hard road to home
What [C] little will grow, the [D] drought will kill
[C] The summer [Am] folks call it [D] Paradise [Am] Mountain
[Bm]
But [C] we [Am] call it [D] Poverty Hill
They [C] [G] [Am]
[D] [Am] [D]
[C] pack and they say what a pity that they [D] have to go
[Am] [Bm]
[C] They say that old [Am] Smokey's so pretty all [D] covered with snow
[Am] [Bm] But [C] how we get [Am] through the winter [C] they [D] never will know
[C] No lard for the pantry, [D] no brisk for the mill
[C] And winters are [A] cold over [D] Poverty Hill
[A] Stubble and stone make a hard [D] road to home
What [C] little will grow, the [D] drought will kill
[C] The summer folks [Am] call it [D] Paradise Mountain
[Am] [D] But [C] we [Am]
call it [D] Poverty Hill
[Bm]
Yes, [C] we call it [D] Poverty [Am] Hill
[D] [Am] [F#] [C]
[D]
[C]
[D]
[N]
[C]
[D] [Am] [D]
[Am] They come in their summery dresses and [D] jackets so [Am] fine
[D] The [C] rich folks who measure [Am] success with a big [D] dollar sign
[Am] [D] They
[C] gaze with delight [Am] at the rocks and [Bm] the scraggly pine
[Am] [D]
They [C] come in the spring [D] and they stay till the fall
[C] On Paradise Mountain [A] away [D] from it all
[A] Stubble and stone make a hard [D] road to home
What [Bm] little [C] will grow, the drought [D] will kill
[C] The summer [Am] folks call [D] it Paradise [Am] Mountain
[D] But [C] we [Am] call it [D] Poverty Hill
They [Am] say we have beautiful faces as grainy [D] as [Am] wood
[D]
[C] Yeah, they'd like to live here of [Am] all places if only [D] they [Am] could
[D] Well, [C] we don't get those wood [Am] grainy faces [C] from living [D] too good
[Am] [Bm] It's [C] the rocks and the dust [D] and the sun and the heat
[C] It's too much of work [A] and too little [D] to eat
[A] Stubble and stone make [Em] a [D] hard road to home
What [C] little will grow, the [D] drought will kill
[C] The summer [Am] folks call it [D] Paradise [Am] Mountain
[Bm]
But [C] we [Am] call it [D] Poverty Hill
They [C] [G] [Am]
[D] [Am] [D]
[C] pack and they say what a pity that they [D] have to go
[Am] [Bm]
[C] They say that old [Am] Smokey's so pretty all [D] covered with snow
[Am] [Bm] But [C] how we get [Am] through the winter [C] they [D] never will know
[C] No lard for the pantry, [D] no brisk for the mill
[C] And winters are [A] cold over [D] Poverty Hill
[A] Stubble and stone make a hard [D] road to home
What [C] little will grow, the [D] drought will kill
[C] The summer folks [Am] call it [D] Paradise Mountain
[Am] [D] But [C] we [Am]
call it [D] Poverty Hill
[Bm]
Yes, [C] we call it [D] Poverty [Am] Hill
[D] [Am] [F#] [C]
[D]
[C]
[D]
[N]
Key:
D
Am
C
Bm
A
D
Am
C
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
[Am] They come in their summery dresses and [D] jackets so [Am] fine
[D] The _ [C] rich folks who measure [Am] success with a big [D] dollar sign
[Am] [D] They _
_ [C] gaze with delight [Am] at the rocks and [Bm] the scraggly pine
[Am] _ [D] _
They [C] come in the spring [D] and they stay till the fall
[C] On Paradise Mountain [A] away [D] from it all _ _
[A] Stubble and stone _ make a hard [D] road to home
What [Bm] little [C] will grow, the drought [D] will kill _ _
[C] The summer [Am] folks call [D] it Paradise [Am] Mountain
_ [D] But _ [C] we _ [Am] call it [D] Poverty Hill
They [Am] say we have beautiful faces as grainy [D] as [Am] wood
_ [D] _ _
[C] Yeah, they'd like to live here of [Am] all places if only [D] they [Am] could
[D] Well, _ [C] we don't get those wood [Am] grainy faces [C] from living [D] too good
[Am] _ [Bm] It's [C] the rocks and the dust [D] and the sun and the heat
[C] It's too much of work [A] and too little [D] to eat _ _ _
[A] Stubble and stone make [Em] a [D] hard road to home
What [C] little will grow, _ the [D] drought will _ kill _
_ [C] The summer [Am] folks call it [D] Paradise [Am] Mountain
[Bm] _
But [C] we _ [Am] call it [D] Poverty Hill
They _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
_ [C] pack and they say what a pity that they [D] have to go
[Am] _ [Bm] _ _
[C] They say that old [Am] Smokey's so pretty all [D] covered with snow
[Am] _ [Bm] But _ [C] how we get [Am] through the winter [C] they [D] never will know _ _
[C] No lard for the pantry, [D] no brisk for the mill
[C] And winters are [A] cold over [D] Poverty Hill _ _
[A] Stubble and stone make a hard [D] road to home _
What [C] little will grow, _ the [D] drought will _ kill _
[C] The summer folks [Am] call it [D] Paradise Mountain
[Am] _ [D] But _ [C] _ we [Am] _
call it [D] Poverty Hill
[Bm] _
Yes, [C] _ we _ call it [D] Poverty [Am] Hill
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F#] _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
[Am] They come in their summery dresses and [D] jackets so [Am] fine
[D] The _ [C] rich folks who measure [Am] success with a big [D] dollar sign
[Am] [D] They _
_ [C] gaze with delight [Am] at the rocks and [Bm] the scraggly pine
[Am] _ [D] _
They [C] come in the spring [D] and they stay till the fall
[C] On Paradise Mountain [A] away [D] from it all _ _
[A] Stubble and stone _ make a hard [D] road to home
What [Bm] little [C] will grow, the drought [D] will kill _ _
[C] The summer [Am] folks call [D] it Paradise [Am] Mountain
_ [D] But _ [C] we _ [Am] call it [D] Poverty Hill
They [Am] say we have beautiful faces as grainy [D] as [Am] wood
_ [D] _ _
[C] Yeah, they'd like to live here of [Am] all places if only [D] they [Am] could
[D] Well, _ [C] we don't get those wood [Am] grainy faces [C] from living [D] too good
[Am] _ [Bm] It's [C] the rocks and the dust [D] and the sun and the heat
[C] It's too much of work [A] and too little [D] to eat _ _ _
[A] Stubble and stone make [Em] a [D] hard road to home
What [C] little will grow, _ the [D] drought will _ kill _
_ [C] The summer [Am] folks call it [D] Paradise [Am] Mountain
[Bm] _
But [C] we _ [Am] call it [D] Poverty Hill
They _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
_ [C] pack and they say what a pity that they [D] have to go
[Am] _ [Bm] _ _
[C] They say that old [Am] Smokey's so pretty all [D] covered with snow
[Am] _ [Bm] But _ [C] how we get [Am] through the winter [C] they [D] never will know _ _
[C] No lard for the pantry, [D] no brisk for the mill
[C] And winters are [A] cold over [D] Poverty Hill _ _
[A] Stubble and stone make a hard [D] road to home _
What [C] little will grow, _ the [D] drought will _ kill _
[C] The summer folks [Am] call it [D] Paradise Mountain
[Am] _ [D] But _ [C] _ we [Am] _
call it [D] Poverty Hill
[Bm] _
Yes, [C] _ we _ call it [D] Poverty [Am] Hill
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F#] _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _