Poor Mans House keyboard

Poor Mans House

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 16:23:00 -0500
From: Scott Antall 
To: "'[email protected]'" 
Subject: CRD: g/griffin_patty/poor_mans_house.crd


Poor Man's House
Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin
from the "Living With Ghosts" album
Chords transcribed by Scott Antall ([email protected])
(with the help of my guitar instructor!!)

Tuning:  "Dropped D" - This is easy - just tune the bass E string down one
whole step.  (This way, when you play the D chord, you can strum all the
strings.)

DADGBE - Capo at first fret

D (000232)   D* (000235 to 0000232)   A (002220)   G (X20033)
D* Explanation - start with (000235) then bring the pinkie down one fret
each time (000234, 000233) until you get to a regular D (000232).  Make
sense?  Listen to the album for more detail.

Intro D*   D*
D* you know you've done enough when every bone is sore
D* you know you've prayed enough when you don't ask any more
D* you know you're coming to some kind of understanding
D* when every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're still standing

G mama says A god tends Bm to every little skinny sheep A
G so count your ribs A and say your D prayers and get to sleep
G nothing is A louder to god's Bm ears than a poor mans sorrow A
G daddy is  poor today and A he will be poor tomorrow G  A

A hey that's the G poor man's D house
A everybody get a G look at the poor mans D house
A everywhere they G went before must have D turned them out
A and now they're G living in a poor mans D house

D*  D*

D* there's nothing like poverty to get you into heaven
D* they got a lot of wine and fish up there and the bread's unleavened
D* they got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack
D* lots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs

G daddy's been A working too much for Bm days and days he doesn't eat
A
G he never A says much but i D think this time it's got him beat
G it isn't that A he isn't Bm strong or kind or clever A
G your daddy's poor today and he will be A poor forever G   A

A hey that's the G poor man's D house
A those kids are G living in a poor mans D house
Athey walk to G school with the soles of their D shoes worn out
A and come home in the G evening to the poor mans D house

G what are you chopping that wood for
A why are you growing that corn
G mama's sewing a brand new shirt and A you're wearing the one that's
torn
Gi guess it's for some one elses kid A who wasn't born in a poor D
man's G house
     a poor D man's G house

A hey take a G look at that D house
A everybody we're G living in a poor mans D house
A seems like everyGwhere we go they D find us out
A find out that we've been G living in a poor mans D house

D* twice and then bang on

x

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