Chords for REO SPEEDWAGON Son of a Poor Man 2009 Live
Tempo:
71.925 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
G#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#] We used to play this in the Red Line [B] every night.
It's called Son of a Poor Man.
[F#] [A#] [B]
[A] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[G#] [F#] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[G#m] [F#] [E]
[F#] We used to be hot face [B] in a lonely [G#] farmer's [F#] town.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [B] ain't gonna turn your [G#] head [F#] around.
[E] But if you [F#] ever get lonely, [B] you just [A#] pick up a [G#] telephone.
[F#] [E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man will [A] bring you home.
Oh [B] yeah,
[E] [D] [B] [E] [B]
[E] maybe soon I'll see her [B] on some [E] television show.
[B] We'll paint [G#m] her lips and fingers, [F#] singing for the world.
[B] She'll be a freshman, [E] for sure, [B] dancing [E] for your plastic [B] world.
Call [G#] me up if you can, but if [F#] not, maybe I'll understand.
Cause I [E] know that a woman [F#] can be hot face [B] in a [F#] lonely [G#] farmer's [F#] town.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [B] ain't gonna turn your [G#] head [F#] around.
[E] But if [F#] you ever get lonely, [B] you just [F#] pick up a [G#m] telephone.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [A] will bring you home.
Watch it [B] now,
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [Bm] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [C#m]
[B] [C] [C#]
[F#] [C#] [F#] [C#m]
[D#]
[D#m] [E]
[G#] [E] [F] [F#]
[E] [F#]
[Fm] [F#] [A] [A#]
[B] one time [E] lady, [B] [E] leaving home a-sitting.
[B]
Passing [G#] him, she's bought [F#] in through the chain.
[B]
As she looks through the [E] window, [B] I saw [E] her eyes were as red as mine.
[B] I waved goodbye, but [G#] I can't believe she's [F#] leaving.
[E] A woman can be [F#] hot [B] face in a lonely [B] farmer's town.
[E] And Son of [F#] a Poor Man ain't gonna [B] turn your head around.
[E] But if you ever [F#] get lonely, you [B] just pick [F#] up a [G#] telephone.
[F#]
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man will [A] bring you home.
[B] Son of a Poor Man will [E] bring you home.
[F#] Son of a Poor Man gonna [A] bring you home.
Now come on home.
[B]
[E] [F#]
[A] [B] [F#m] [G#m] [C#] Son of a Poor Man will bring you [A] home, baby.
[D#m] [B]
It's called Son of a Poor Man.
[F#] [A#] [B]
[A] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[G#] [F#] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[G#m] [F#] [E]
[F#] We used to be hot face [B] in a lonely [G#] farmer's [F#] town.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [B] ain't gonna turn your [G#] head [F#] around.
[E] But if you [F#] ever get lonely, [B] you just [A#] pick up a [G#] telephone.
[F#] [E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man will [A] bring you home.
Oh [B] yeah,
[E] [D] [B] [E] [B]
[E] maybe soon I'll see her [B] on some [E] television show.
[B] We'll paint [G#m] her lips and fingers, [F#] singing for the world.
[B] She'll be a freshman, [E] for sure, [B] dancing [E] for your plastic [B] world.
Call [G#] me up if you can, but if [F#] not, maybe I'll understand.
Cause I [E] know that a woman [F#] can be hot face [B] in a [F#] lonely [G#] farmer's [F#] town.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [B] ain't gonna turn your [G#] head [F#] around.
[E] But if [F#] you ever get lonely, [B] you just [F#] pick up a [G#m] telephone.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [A] will bring you home.
Watch it [B] now,
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [Bm] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [B]
[E] [B] [C#m]
[B] [C] [C#]
[F#] [C#] [F#] [C#m]
[D#]
[D#m] [E]
[G#] [E] [F] [F#]
[E] [F#]
[Fm] [F#] [A] [A#]
[B] one time [E] lady, [B] [E] leaving home a-sitting.
[B]
Passing [G#] him, she's bought [F#] in through the chain.
[B]
As she looks through the [E] window, [B] I saw [E] her eyes were as red as mine.
[B] I waved goodbye, but [G#] I can't believe she's [F#] leaving.
[E] A woman can be [F#] hot [B] face in a lonely [B] farmer's town.
[E] And Son of [F#] a Poor Man ain't gonna [B] turn your head around.
[E] But if you ever [F#] get lonely, you [B] just pick [F#] up a [G#] telephone.
[F#]
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man will [A] bring you home.
[B] Son of a Poor Man will [E] bring you home.
[F#] Son of a Poor Man gonna [A] bring you home.
Now come on home.
[B]
[E] [F#]
[A] [B] [F#m] [G#m] [C#] Son of a Poor Man will bring you [A] home, baby.
[D#m] [B]
Key:
B
E
F#
G#
A
B
E
F#
[D#] We used to play this in the Red Line [B] every night.
It's called Son of a Poor Man. _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#] We used to be hot face [B] in a lonely [G#] farmer's [F#] town.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [B] ain't gonna turn your [G#] head [F#] around.
[E] But if you [F#] ever get lonely, [B] you just [A#] pick up a [G#] telephone.
[F#] _ [E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man will [A] bring you home.
Oh [B] yeah, _
[E] _ [D] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
[E] maybe soon I'll see her [B] on some [E] television show.
[B] We'll paint [G#m] her lips and fingers, [F#] singing for the world.
[B] She'll be a freshman, [E] for sure, [B] dancing [E] for your plastic [B] world.
Call [G#] me up if you can, but if [F#] not, maybe I'll understand.
Cause I [E] know that a woman [F#] can be hot face [B] in a [F#] lonely [G#] farmer's [F#] town.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [B] ain't gonna turn your [G#] head [F#] around.
[E] But if [F#] you ever get lonely, [B] you just [F#] pick up a [G#m] telephone.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [A] will bring you home.
Watch it [B] now, _
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ [A#] _
[B] one time [E] lady, [B] _ [E] leaving home a-sitting.
[B]
Passing [G#] him, she's bought [F#] in through the chain.
_ _ [B] _
As she looks through the [E] window, [B] I saw [E] her eyes were as red as mine.
[B] I waved goodbye, but [G#] I can't believe she's [F#] leaving.
_ [E] A woman can be [F#] hot [B] face in a lonely [B] farmer's town. _
[E] And Son of [F#] a Poor Man ain't gonna [B] turn your head around.
[E] But if you ever [F#] get lonely, you [B] just pick [F#] up a [G#] telephone.
[F#] _
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man will [A] bring you home.
[B] Son of a Poor Man will [E] bring you home.
[F#] Son of a Poor Man gonna [A] bring you home.
Now come on home.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [G#m] _ [C#] Son of a Poor Man will bring you [A] home, baby.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _
It's called Son of a Poor Man. _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#] We used to be hot face [B] in a lonely [G#] farmer's [F#] town.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [B] ain't gonna turn your [G#] head [F#] around.
[E] But if you [F#] ever get lonely, [B] you just [A#] pick up a [G#] telephone.
[F#] _ [E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man will [A] bring you home.
Oh [B] yeah, _
[E] _ [D] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
[E] maybe soon I'll see her [B] on some [E] television show.
[B] We'll paint [G#m] her lips and fingers, [F#] singing for the world.
[B] She'll be a freshman, [E] for sure, [B] dancing [E] for your plastic [B] world.
Call [G#] me up if you can, but if [F#] not, maybe I'll understand.
Cause I [E] know that a woman [F#] can be hot face [B] in a [F#] lonely [G#] farmer's [F#] town.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [B] ain't gonna turn your [G#] head [F#] around.
[E] But if [F#] you ever get lonely, [B] you just [F#] pick up a [G#m] telephone.
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man [A] will bring you home.
Watch it [B] now, _
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ [A#] _
[B] one time [E] lady, [B] _ [E] leaving home a-sitting.
[B]
Passing [G#] him, she's bought [F#] in through the chain.
_ _ [B] _
As she looks through the [E] window, [B] I saw [E] her eyes were as red as mine.
[B] I waved goodbye, but [G#] I can't believe she's [F#] leaving.
_ [E] A woman can be [F#] hot [B] face in a lonely [B] farmer's town. _
[E] And Son of [F#] a Poor Man ain't gonna [B] turn your head around.
[E] But if you ever [F#] get lonely, you [B] just pick [F#] up a [G#] telephone.
[F#] _
[E] And [F#] Son of a Poor Man will [A] bring you home.
[B] Son of a Poor Man will [E] bring you home.
[F#] Son of a Poor Man gonna [A] bring you home.
Now come on home.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [G#m] _ [C#] Son of a Poor Man will bring you [A] home, baby.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _