Chords for Poverty Knock

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Up every morning at five, [G] well I wonder [D] that we keep alive. _
Tired and yawning [G] on the [D] cold morning that's back to [A] the [D] dreary old _ _ _ poverty, poverty. _ _
[G] Middle of the same [D] old _ _ poverty, poverty. _ _
[G] Gap was too skinny [D] to find.
_ Poverty, poverty. _
_ [G] Keepin' one eye [D] on the_
I know I can go_
[G] _here,
Miss [D] Shufflegoat, poverty, [Em] poverty.
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Oh dear, we're going to be late. _
_ [G] Gaffer, he [D] stood at the gate. _
Oh, we're out of a pocket and [G] our wages they're [D] docking.
We'll have to buy [C#m] grub on [D] the_ _
_and
when our wages they'll bring. _
[G] We're often short of [D] a string. _
While we are bratching with [G] a gaffer for [D] snatching, we know [A] to his brass he [D] will cling. _
_ Poverty, poverty, noth. _
[G] Middle of the same old [D] _ _
_ poverty, poverty. _
Gap [G] was too skinny [D] to find.
_ Poverty, poverty, noth.
_ [G] Keepin' one eye [D] on the clock.
I know I can [G] go_
_here,
[D] Miss Shufflegoat, poverty, [A] poverty.
[D] _ _
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Oh, and we've gotten to wet our own yard.
[G] By dipping it into [D] the tar.
Oh, it's wet and [G] soggy and makes us feel [D] groggy and there's mice in that [A] dirty old [D] barn. _
Oh dear, me poor, I didn't sing.
Oh, [G] I should have woven three [Dm] strings.
Button threads [G] are breaking and my back is [D] aching.
Oh dear, I [A] wish I [D] had a wig. _
_ Poverty, poverty, noth. _
[G] Middle of the same _ [D] _ _
old poverty, poverty. _ _
[G] Gap was too skinny [D] to find.
_ Poverty, poverty, [G] noth.
_ Keepin' one eye [D] on the clock.
I know I [G] can go_
_here,
[D] Miss Shufflegoat. _ _ _ _
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Oh, and sometimes a shovel flies out.
_ [G] Gives some [D] poor woman a clout.
But there she [G] lies bleeding but nobody's aiding.
[D] Who's going to carry her out?
Well, the tuner should have tackled me. _
[G] But he'd rather [D] sit himself down.
Oh, he's [G] far too busy, a-courting [D] our Lizzy and I cannot get him to talk. _
_ Poverty, poverty, noth.
Middle [G] of the same [D] _ _ _
old poverty, poverty. _ _
[G] Gap was too skinny to [D] find. _
_ Poverty, poverty, noth.
_ [G] Keepin' one eye on [D] the clock. _
I know I can go_
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