Life Of A Poor Boy Chords by Stonewall Jackson
Tempo:
97.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#m
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [E] [A]
When I was [D] just a youngster [A] and hardly in [E] my teens, [A] I went to [D] school many a [E] day with faded old [A] blue jeans.
The patches, they [D] were many, [A] the seed was all threadbare, but a poor girl [D] didn't notice [E] and a poor boy [A] didn't care.
A poor boy don't have no [E] money, a poor [A] boy don't have no dough, give a poor [D] boy a pretty little [A] girl, watch that poor [E] boy go.
[F#m] He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the land, [A] with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him a [E] home and raise him a [A] poor boy clan.
[D] [E]
[A] His worries, they [D] are many, [A] his pleasures [E] are but few, [A] but that don't [D] worry poor [E] boy, his happy [A] hat him too.
His living [D] don't come easy, [A] he has to [E] sweat it out, [A] but he'd rather [D] be a poor [E] boy than a wealthy [A] getabout.
A poor boy don't have no [E] money, a poor [A] boy don't have no dough, give a poor [D] boy a pretty little [A] girl, watch that [E] poor boy go.
[A] He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the land, [A] with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him a [E] home and raise him a [A] poor boy clan.
[A#]
[A] If it wasn't [D] for the poor boy, [A] a lot would [E] go undone, [A] the plow [D] would never furrow [E] or the mill [A] would never run.
There wouldn't [D] be no taters, [F#m] there wouldn't [E] be no [A] beans, the rich would [D] all be poor [E] boys in faded old blue [A] jeans.
A poor boy don't have [E] no money, a poor boy don't have no dough, give a [D] poor boy a pretty [A] little girl, watch that poor boy go.
He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the [A] land, with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him [E] a home and raise him [A] a poor boy clan.
[N]
When I was [D] just a youngster [A] and hardly in [E] my teens, [A] I went to [D] school many a [E] day with faded old [A] blue jeans.
The patches, they [D] were many, [A] the seed was all threadbare, but a poor girl [D] didn't notice [E] and a poor boy [A] didn't care.
A poor boy don't have no [E] money, a poor [A] boy don't have no dough, give a poor [D] boy a pretty little [A] girl, watch that poor [E] boy go.
[F#m] He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the land, [A] with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him a [E] home and raise him a [A] poor boy clan.
[D] [E]
[A] His worries, they [D] are many, [A] his pleasures [E] are but few, [A] but that don't [D] worry poor [E] boy, his happy [A] hat him too.
His living [D] don't come easy, [A] he has to [E] sweat it out, [A] but he'd rather [D] be a poor [E] boy than a wealthy [A] getabout.
A poor boy don't have no [E] money, a poor [A] boy don't have no dough, give a poor [D] boy a pretty little [A] girl, watch that [E] poor boy go.
[A] He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the land, [A] with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him a [E] home and raise him a [A] poor boy clan.
[A#]
[A] If it wasn't [D] for the poor boy, [A] a lot would [E] go undone, [A] the plow [D] would never furrow [E] or the mill [A] would never run.
There wouldn't [D] be no taters, [F#m] there wouldn't [E] be no [A] beans, the rich would [D] all be poor [E] boys in faded old blue [A] jeans.
A poor boy don't have [E] no money, a poor boy don't have no dough, give a [D] poor boy a pretty [A] little girl, watch that poor boy go.
He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the [A] land, with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him [E] a home and raise him [A] a poor boy clan.
[N]
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ When I was [D] just a youngster [A] and hardly in [E] my teens, [A] I went to [D] school many a [E] day with faded old [A] blue jeans.
The patches, they [D] were many, [A] the seed was all threadbare, but a poor girl [D] didn't notice [E] and a poor boy [A] didn't care.
A poor boy don't have no [E] money, a poor [A] boy don't have no dough, give a poor [D] boy a pretty little [A] girl, watch that poor [E] boy go.
[F#m] He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the land, [A] with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him a [E] home and raise him a [A] poor boy clan.
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ His worries, they [D] are many, [A] his pleasures [E] are but few, [A] but that don't [D] worry poor [E] boy, his happy [A] hat him too.
His living [D] don't come easy, [A] he has to [E] sweat it out, [A] but he'd rather [D] be a poor [E] boy than a wealthy [A] getabout.
A poor boy don't have no [E] money, a poor [A] boy don't have no dough, give a poor [D] boy a pretty little [A] girl, watch that [E] poor boy go.
[A] He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the land, [A] with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him a [E] home and raise him a [A] poor boy clan.
[A#] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ If it wasn't [D] for the poor boy, [A] a lot would [E] go undone, [A] the plow [D] would never furrow [E] or the mill [A] would never run.
There wouldn't [D] be no taters, [F#m] there wouldn't [E] be no [A] beans, the rich would [D] all be poor [E] boys in faded old blue [A] jeans.
A poor boy don't have [E] no money, a poor boy don't have no dough, give a [D] poor boy a pretty [A] little girl, watch that poor boy go.
He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the [A] land, with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him [E] a home and raise him [A] a poor boy clan. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ When I was [D] just a youngster [A] and hardly in [E] my teens, [A] I went to [D] school many a [E] day with faded old [A] blue jeans.
The patches, they [D] were many, [A] the seed was all threadbare, but a poor girl [D] didn't notice [E] and a poor boy [A] didn't care.
A poor boy don't have no [E] money, a poor [A] boy don't have no dough, give a poor [D] boy a pretty little [A] girl, watch that poor [E] boy go.
[F#m] He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the land, [A] with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him a [E] home and raise him a [A] poor boy clan.
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ His worries, they [D] are many, [A] his pleasures [E] are but few, [A] but that don't [D] worry poor [E] boy, his happy [A] hat him too.
His living [D] don't come easy, [A] he has to [E] sweat it out, [A] but he'd rather [D] be a poor [E] boy than a wealthy [A] getabout.
A poor boy don't have no [E] money, a poor [A] boy don't have no dough, give a poor [D] boy a pretty little [A] girl, watch that [E] poor boy go.
[A] He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the land, [A] with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him a [E] home and raise him a [A] poor boy clan.
[A#] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ If it wasn't [D] for the poor boy, [A] a lot would [E] go undone, [A] the plow [D] would never furrow [E] or the mill [A] would never run.
There wouldn't [D] be no taters, [F#m] there wouldn't [E] be no [A] beans, the rich would [D] all be poor [E] boys in faded old blue [A] jeans.
A poor boy don't have [E] no money, a poor boy don't have no dough, give a [D] poor boy a pretty [A] little girl, watch that poor boy go.
He's backbone [D] of the nation, [A] he's happy [E] of the [A] land, with a tub of [D] cologne he'll build him [E] a home and raise him [A] a poor boy clan. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _