Chords for Ry Cooder - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (acoustic, live, 1974)

_ Sad tune about the farmer.
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_ _ [D#m] Well [F#] there once was a [C#] time when _ everything _ [F#] was [B] cheap
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_ [B] But [F#] now prices _ nearly puts a man to sleep
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When we [F#] get _ our [D#m]
grocery [F#] bill
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Tell [F#] me how [F] can a [C#] poor man stand such times and live
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[F#] Well the doctor _ comes [C#] around his face [F#] so [B] bright _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] And [F#] he says in a little while you'll [C#] be _ alright
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_ [C#] All _ _ [B] he gives [F#] is a _ hamburger, pill, _ [B] dose of dope and a [G#m] great big beer
[D#m] Tell me how can a [C#] poor man stand such times [F#] and live _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] remember when [C#] dry goods was [F#] cheap as [B] dirt
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_ _ [F#] _ _ You could pay two pence and [G#m] buy [A#m] a dandy [C#] shirt
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[C#] _ _ _ Now [B] we pay [F#]
ten bucks or more
[G#m] _ [B] Maybe get a shirt that another [G#m] man wore
_ _ [D#m] Tell me how can a [C#] poor man stand such times [F#] and live _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Most [F#] all _ _ preachers preach [C#] for gold _ and not [F#] for [B] soul
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That's what keeps us poor folks always in a [C#] hole _
[F#] _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ We [D#m] can _ _ hardly get our breath
_ Sacked [B] and stooled in [F#] a priest's [G#m] death
_ _ [D#m] Tell me [C#] how can a poor man stand such times [F#] and live _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ now it's time for [C#] every man to be _ awake
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[F#] _ _ [G#m] We pay fifty _ cents a pound [A#m] when we ask [F#] for a stay
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] When _ _ [F#] we get our package home
_ _ Little [B] water paper with a [G#m] gristling bowl _
[D#m] [F#] Tell me how can a [C#] poor man stand such times [F#] and live
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