Chords for Poor Jud is Daid

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_ _ _ Poor _ Jody's day, _ poor [C#m] _ [Gm] Judd [G#] _
Fry's day, _ [C#m] All gather round [F#] his coffin [F#m] now and [G#m] cry.
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He _ _ [E] _ had a heart of gold _ and he [A] _
wasn't very [A#] _ [E] old, _ [F] Oh [B] why did such a fella _ have to [E] _ die? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Poor _ Jody's day, _ poor [F#] _
[G] _ [G#] Judd Fry's day, _ _ [C#m] He's looking _ oh so [F#] _
peaceful [F#m] and [G#m] _ _ [B] serene.
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He's all laid out [G#] to rest _ with his [A] hands across his [E] chest, _ _ [F] His _ _ [B] fingernails have never been [E] so clean. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Then [C] the preacher'd get up and he'd say, _ Folks we are gathered here to mourn and groan over our brother Judd Fry who [F] hung himself up by a rope in a [C] smokehouse.
And then they'd be weeping and wailing from some of those women.
_ And then he'd say, _ Judd was the most misunderstood man in his territory, [D] _ People used to think he was a mean [F] ugly felon, call him a dirty skunk, an ornery pig stealer.
But _ the folks that really knowed him, _ _ [G] Knowed beneath them two dirty shirts he always wore, _ [C] Their feet are hot as big as all [F] outdoors.
As [C] big as all [F] _ _ outdoors, [C] Judd Fry loved his [F] fellow man, [C] He loved his fellow [F] _ man.
He [G#m] loved the birds of the forest and the beasts of the [F#] field, He loved the mice and the vermin [D#m] in the barn, And he treated [F#] the rats like [B] equals.
_ [C#] [D#] He loved _ _ [B] _
all the little [C#m] children, _ [F#] He loved everything and everybody [B] in the world, _ _ Only _ _ [E] he never let on, _ so nobody ever noted. _ _ _ _
_ _ Poor Judd he stayed, _ Poor [F#] _ [Gm] Judd [G#] Fry he stayed, _ [C#m] His friends will weep [F#] and wail [F#m] for miles [G#m] _ around, [B] _ Miles _ _ around.
[E] The _ daisies in the dell _ will [A] give out a different _ [E] smell, _ _ [B]
Because poor Judd is _ underneath [E] the ground. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Poor Judd he stayed, _ [F#] A [G#] candle lights his head, [C#m] He's _ laying in [F#] a coffin made [B] of _ wood, _ _ _ Wood.
_ [E] And folks are feeling [G#] _ sad, Because [A] they used to treat him [E] bad, _ And [F] now they know their [B] friend has gone [E] for good, _ _ _ _ Good. _
_ _ _ Poor Judd he stayed, A [F#] _ [G] candle [G#] _
lights his head, _ [C#] He's [C#m] looking oh so [F#] pretty _ [F#m] and [G#m] so _ _ [B] _ nice, _ _ _ _ [E] He looks like he's _ asleep, _ It's a [A]
shame that he [E] won't keep,
_ [B] But it's summer and we're running _ out [E] of _ _ _ ice. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ Poor _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Judd, _
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_ _ Poor _ _ _ _ _ Judd.
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