Chords for Po' Folks (feat. Anthony Hamilton)

[F#m] Ow.
Ow.
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Ooh.
[Bm] _ _ Ow.
Ow.
Ow. Ow. Ow.
All [F#m] my life, [C#m] I've been broke, but it really [E] don't matter,
[D] no more.
And if you [F#m] know why we act [C#m] this way,
nothing's always gonna be [D] OK. _ _
[F#m] All my life, I [C#m]'ve been broke, but it really don't matter,
[D] no more.
And if you know why we act [E] this way,
And it was [Bm] gonna be _ okay, okay
[F#m] _ Came [E] in the game, plain and see
Average man when [Bm] the rest was ashamed to be
[F#m] Laughin' head [C#m] and all, ain't no changin' [Bm] me
Eevee, eevee, eevee, eevee, eevee
[F#m] So rough and [E] dirty, [F#m] downright [E] wrong
I tell you [Bm] nobody never gave us nothin'
The tough time, it made us somethin' [F#m] different
Stretched the [C#m] road, knew [E] somethin' to see
[Bm] Every state on the map, [D] a different somethin' to eat
[F#m] Absent [C#m] handshake, it meant nothin' for real
[G] Everybody makin' [D] a killin', man
Showin' no feelings, [F#m] walk it off, collect [C#m] the pay
It's the way of the world, can't [G] change it so I
[D] Guess I'm [Bm] gon' pray for the world
[F#m] Sometimes I [C#m] ask myself, was I [E] made for the world?
[G] I scream this to [D] you, and I say to the world
[F#m] Nap it then, [C#m] nap it now, nap it for a bit
[Bm] Knee deep, head over heels in this country
[E] All [F#m] my life [C#m] been poor
[E] But it really don't matter [D] no more
And [A] they wonder why [D] we act [C#m] this way
Every boy's gon' be [D] okay _
[F#m] All my life [C#m] been poor
But [E] it really don't matter [D] no more
And they wonder why we act [E] this way
Every boy's gon' [D] be _ okay
Even though I [F#m] picture better [C#m] days
I'm thankful for the [E] chance I got to say amen
The [D] Lord done blessed me with his grace
I wish this day would never [F#m] end
Represent [E] the song, where we from, we built it on
[B] Followed, showed off on [D] these presidents
In hard times, that's who I [F#m] call him son
Take a [C#m] fall, without the chance to [E] make it at all
[Bm] With a thought, skinny be [D] the one that's making this call
Lord, help me [E] out, tell me where I went wrong
I'm trying [Bm] to find the righteous path, although it's narrow and long
[F#m] I gotta do it for [E] my son's sake, telling me, daddy be strong
We gonna make it through [D] these hard times, even though they go and [Bm] they gone
You're [F#m] absolutely right, [C#m] but something happened to me on last Tuesday night
[Bm] It's plain as day, man, hey, but this world's [F#m] great
Now, brave ain't the [E] word I'm looking for, yeah
Better make it hope, when nothing seems to matter
[D] That's when, see, everything can go any [F#m] which way
[C#m] They got me folk, see, they hittin' with the J
Front [Bm] post, chillin' broke, country folk, [E] man, I'm nappy in my way, yo
[F#m] I'm blind, [C#m] I'm dirt and broke, [E] but it really don't matter [D] no _ more
And [Em] if we know why [F#m] we act [C#m] this way, never [E] was gon' be [Bm] okay
We're gonna be [F#] okay
_ I'm blind, I'm dirt and [E] broke, but it really don't matter [D] no [Bm] more
And if we [F#m] know why we act [E] this way, never was gon' [D] be okay _ _
[F#m] It's a blessing, we [C#m] woke up this morning
All my [D] colorful straps and Kamala joint hands
Got to cope [F#m] with the process of being [E] po' man
Papa taught [Bm] me in order to survive [D] for no man
Now we've got [F#m] some friendly routines for [C#m] who's gone, man
Profit group [C#] from a juvenile [D] to a grown man
You gotta take [F#m] responsibility for [A] your own man
[E]
Golden [B] blue blinds [D] in the morning by _ sunrise, sunkissed
I love to hear my [C#m] woman moanin', it's [Bm] on again
Now my hope we play this song again
[F#m] It's soul cleansin', [C#m] the melody just revved my engine
I've tried [Bm] a lot of things, but usually just [A] a pendant
My legs have been [F#m] searching for benderin'
[C#m] All my folks locked in the tenement, [Bm] and it don't make any sense
Children are sentencing, [F#m] broadcasting from [C#m] the slums
That's why I'm writing this in the [Bm] cell, along my income
Go ahead, finish
All my [F#m] life, [C#m] I'm dirt and broke, but it really [E] don't matter no more
[A] And if we know why [F#m] we act [C#m] this way, never was gon' [Bm] be okay _
All [F#m] my life, I'm [C#m] dirt and broke, [E] but it really don't matter no [D] more
[A] And if we know why we act [E] this way, never was [Bm] gon' be okay, _ okay
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