Chords for Poor Man - Eric Burdon Band
Tempo:
139.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[C] This song was written [G] in 1932, [C]
in the 33.
[G] Or 4, [E] I don't know.
But it [G] was a long time ago.
[Em] Still rings true [D] today, yeah.
[A]
[D]
[G]
[C]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[C] [G]
[Em] [D] There [G] was a time everything was oh [G] so cheap.
[C] Yes, dead [G] cheap.
[E] Now [G] prices these [Em] days, nearly puts a man to [D] sleep, yeah.
[A]
You [D] just
[G]
hang on the street.
You just [C] look into the face of the people that you [A] meet.
[G] How can a poor man [D] stand times [G] like this?
[Gm] Yeah, times [C] like [A]
these.
[G] How can a poor [D] man stand times [G] like these?
[C]
[G]
[Em] [E] Now most [G] preachers, they [D] preach for gold and [G] not your soul.
[C] [G]
[E] That's what [G] puts a [Em] poor man to [D] sleep.
[A]
[D] From
[A] [G] out to out of rank,
[C]
[A]
[G] how can a poor [D] man stand times [G] like these?
Times [Em] like these.
[A]
[G] How can a poor [D] man stand times [G] like these?
[C]
[G] [Em]
[D] Now [G] the US Air Force, [D] they've left little footprints way
upon [G] the moon.
[C] [G]
[D] And [G] the USSR will open [Em] McDonald's on Venus pretty [D] soon.
[A] Yeah.
[D]
[G] Why can't they understand?
Now [C] the Earth belongs to [A] the fighting man.
I'll take it once left.
[G] How can a poor man [D] stand times [G] like these?
[Gm]
[C] Times like these.
[A]
[G] How can a poor man [D] stand times [G] like these?
[C]
I [G] can't. I can't.
I can't make it.
[D] I can't stand it.
[F] And the blue.
[C] And the blue.
[G] And the blue.
[E] [Em]
[D]
[A] [D] And [Gb]
[Gm] [G]
[B] [G]
[C]
[A] [E]
[G] the
[D]
[G] [D]
[Db] [A]
[G] [Bb]
[G] [D] [D]
[G] [Gm] [C] [C]
[Em] [D] [C]
blue.
[D] [G]
[Cm] [Bb]
[G] [E]
[Em]
[Bm] [Em] [Gbm]
[G] And the blue.
And the blue.
[B] And [Ab] the blue.
And [G]
the blue.
[D] And the blue.
[B] And the blue.
And the blue.
[G] And the blue.
And the blue.
[Bm] [G]
[Gm]
[Bm]
[Bb]
[Ab] [G]
[Bb] [G]
[G]
Can a poor [D] man stand [Bm] times [D]
[F] like these?
[C]
[Db] [G] How can a poor [D] man stand [G] times like these?
[F] Times [Em] like these.
[A] [G] How can a poor [D] man [C] stand times like [C] these?
[Fm] Mercy.
[F]
Mercy.
Mercy.
[D]
Mercy.
[Em]
[G]
[Eb]
[G] [N]
This is for dedicated
[C] This song was written [G] in 1932, [C]
in the 33.
[G] Or 4, [E] I don't know.
But it [G] was a long time ago.
[Em] Still rings true [D] today, yeah.
[A]
[D]
[G]
[C]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[C] [G]
[Em] [D] There [G] was a time everything was oh [G] so cheap.
[C] Yes, dead [G] cheap.
[E] Now [G] prices these [Em] days, nearly puts a man to [D] sleep, yeah.
[A]
You [D] just
[G]
hang on the street.
You just [C] look into the face of the people that you [A] meet.
[G] How can a poor man [D] stand times [G] like this?
[Gm] Yeah, times [C] like [A]
these.
[G] How can a poor [D] man stand times [G] like these?
[C]
[G]
[Em] [E] Now most [G] preachers, they [D] preach for gold and [G] not your soul.
[C] [G]
[E] That's what [G] puts a [Em] poor man to [D] sleep.
[A]
[D] From
[A] [G] out to out of rank,
[C]
[A]
[G] how can a poor [D] man stand times [G] like these?
Times [Em] like these.
[A]
[G] How can a poor [D] man stand times [G] like these?
[C]
[G] [Em]
[D] Now [G] the US Air Force, [D] they've left little footprints way
upon [G] the moon.
[C] [G]
[D] And [G] the USSR will open [Em] McDonald's on Venus pretty [D] soon.
[A] Yeah.
[D]
[G] Why can't they understand?
Now [C] the Earth belongs to [A] the fighting man.
I'll take it once left.
[G] How can a poor man [D] stand times [G] like these?
[Gm]
[C] Times like these.
[A]
[G] How can a poor man [D] stand times [G] like these?
[C]
I [G] can't. I can't.
I can't make it.
[D] I can't stand it.
[F] And the blue.
[C] And the blue.
[G] And the blue.
[E] [Em]
[D]
[A] [D] And [Gb]
[Gm] [G]
[B] [G]
[C]
[A] [E]
[G] the
[D]
[G] [D]
[Db] [A]
[G] [Bb]
[G] [D] [D]
[G] [Gm] [C] [C]
[Em] [D] [C]
blue.
[D] [G]
[Cm] [Bb]
[G] [E]
[Em]
[Bm] [Em] [Gbm]
[G] And the blue.
And the blue.
[B] And [Ab] the blue.
And [G]
the blue.
[D] And the blue.
[B] And the blue.
And the blue.
[G] And the blue.
And the blue.
[Bm] [G]
[Gm]
[Bm]
[Bb]
[Ab] [G]
[Bb] [G]
[G]
Can a poor [D] man stand [Bm] times [D]
[F] like these?
[C]
[Db] [G] How can a poor [D] man stand [G] times like these?
[F] Times [Em] like these.
[A] [G] How can a poor [D] man [C] stand times like [C] these?
[Fm] Mercy.
[F]
Mercy.
Mercy.
[D]
Mercy.
[Em]
[G]
[Eb]
[G] [N]
This is for dedicated
Key:
G
D
C
A
Em
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] This song was written [G] in _ 1932, _ [C] _
in the 33.
[G] _ _ _ Or 4, [E] I don't know.
But it [G] was a long time ago. _
_ _ _ [Em] Still rings true _ _ _ [D] today, _ yeah.
[A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ There [G] was a time _ _ everything _ _ _ _ was oh [G] so cheap. _ _
[C] Yes, dead [G] cheap. _ _ _
_ [E] _ Now [G] prices _ _ these _ [Em] days, nearly puts a man to [D] _ sleep, yeah.
[A] _
You [D] just _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
hang on the street. _ _ _
_ You just [C] look into the face of the people that you [A] meet. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] How _ _ can a poor man [D] stand _ _ _ _ times [G] like this?
[Gm] Yeah, _ times [C] like _ _ _ [A] _ _
these.
[G] How _ _ can a poor [D] man stand _ _ _ times [G] like these?
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] Now most [G] _ preachers, _ _ they [D] preach for gold _ and [G] not your soul. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [E] That's what [G] puts _ _ a _ _ [Em] poor _ _ _ man to [D] sleep.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ From _
[A] _ _ _ [G] out _ _ _ _ to out of rank, _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ how can a poor [D] man stand times _ _ _ [G] like these? _ _
_ Times [Em] like these.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] How can a poor [D] man stand _ _ times _ [G] like these?
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] Now [G] the US Air Force, _ _ _ [D] they've left little footprints _ way
upon [G] the moon. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ And [G] the USSR _ _ will open [Em] _ _ McDonald's on Venus pretty [D] soon.
_ [A] Yeah.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Why _ _ _ _ _ can't they _ understand? _ _
_ Now [C] the Earth _ belongs _ to [A] the fighting man.
I'll take it once left.
[G] How can a poor man [D] stand _ _ times _ [G] like these?
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [C] Times like these.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] How can a poor man [D] stand _ _ _ _ times [G] like these?
_ [C] _
_ I [G] _ can't. I can't.
_ I can't make it. _ _
_ [D] I can't stand it. _ _
_ [F] And the blue.
_ [C] And the blue.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ And the blue. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ And _ [Gb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] the _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
blue.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ And the blue. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the blue.
_ _ _ [B] _ And [Ab] the blue.
_ _ _ And [G] _
_ _ _ the blue.
[D] And the blue.
[B] And the blue.
And the blue.
_ [G] _ _ _ And the blue.
And the blue.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Can a poor [D] man stand _ _ _ [Bm] times [D] _ _ _
[F] like _ these?
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] How can a poor [D] man stand _ _ _ _ _ [G] times like these?
_ [F] Times _ [Em] like these.
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] How _ can a poor _ _ [D] man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] stand _ _ _ times _ like _ _ _ [C] these? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Mercy.
[F] _
Mercy.
_ Mercy.
[D] _ _ _
Mercy.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ This is for dedicated
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] This song was written [G] in _ 1932, _ [C] _
in the 33.
[G] _ _ _ Or 4, [E] I don't know.
But it [G] was a long time ago. _
_ _ _ [Em] Still rings true _ _ _ [D] today, _ yeah.
[A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ There [G] was a time _ _ everything _ _ _ _ was oh [G] so cheap. _ _
[C] Yes, dead [G] cheap. _ _ _
_ [E] _ Now [G] prices _ _ these _ [Em] days, nearly puts a man to [D] _ sleep, yeah.
[A] _
You [D] just _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
hang on the street. _ _ _
_ You just [C] look into the face of the people that you [A] meet. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] How _ _ can a poor man [D] stand _ _ _ _ times [G] like this?
[Gm] Yeah, _ times [C] like _ _ _ [A] _ _
these.
[G] How _ _ can a poor [D] man stand _ _ _ times [G] like these?
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] Now most [G] _ preachers, _ _ they [D] preach for gold _ and [G] not your soul. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [E] That's what [G] puts _ _ a _ _ [Em] poor _ _ _ man to [D] sleep.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ From _
[A] _ _ _ [G] out _ _ _ _ to out of rank, _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ how can a poor [D] man stand times _ _ _ [G] like these? _ _
_ Times [Em] like these.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] How can a poor [D] man stand _ _ times _ [G] like these?
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] Now [G] the US Air Force, _ _ _ [D] they've left little footprints _ way
upon [G] the moon. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ And [G] the USSR _ _ will open [Em] _ _ McDonald's on Venus pretty [D] soon.
_ [A] Yeah.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Why _ _ _ _ _ can't they _ understand? _ _
_ Now [C] the Earth _ belongs _ to [A] the fighting man.
I'll take it once left.
[G] How can a poor man [D] stand _ _ times _ [G] like these?
_ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [C] Times like these.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] How can a poor man [D] stand _ _ _ _ times [G] like these?
_ [C] _
_ I [G] _ can't. I can't.
_ I can't make it. _ _
_ [D] I can't stand it. _ _
_ [F] And the blue.
_ [C] And the blue.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ And the blue. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ And _ [Gb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] the _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
blue.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ And the blue. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the blue.
_ _ _ [B] _ And [Ab] the blue.
_ _ _ And [G] _
_ _ _ the blue.
[D] And the blue.
[B] And the blue.
And the blue.
_ [G] _ _ _ And the blue.
And the blue.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Can a poor [D] man stand _ _ _ [Bm] times [D] _ _ _
[F] like _ these?
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] How can a poor [D] man stand _ _ _ _ _ [G] times like these?
_ [F] Times _ [Em] like these.
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] How _ can a poor _ _ [D] man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] stand _ _ _ times _ like _ _ _ [C] these? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Mercy.
[F] _
Mercy.
_ Mercy.
[D] _ _ _
Mercy.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ This is for dedicated