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Poor Mans House by Maura OConnell
Poor Mans House
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
[Intro]
Cm7 C Cm7 C
[Verse]
C
You know you''''ve done enough when every bone is sore
Bb Am C
You know you''''ve prayed enough when you don''''t ask any more
C
You know you''''re coming to some kind of understanding
C F
When every dream you''''ve dreamed has passed and you''''re still standing
[Verse]
G Am G6/D F
Mama says, god tends to every little skinny sheep
G C F
So count your ribs and say your prayers and get to sleep
G Am G6/D F
Nothing is louder to god''''s ears than a poor mans sorrow
G F G
Your Daddy is poor today and he will be poor tomorrow
[Chorus]
F C G
Hey, that''''s the poor man''''s house
F C G
Everybody get a look at the poor man''''s house
F C G
Everywhere they went before must have turned them out
F Cm7 C Cm7 C
And now they''''re living in a poor man''''s house
[Verse]
C
There''''s nothing like poverty to get you into heaven
Bb Am C
They''''ve got a lot of wine and fish up there and the bread''''s unleavened
C
They got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack
C F
Lots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs
[Verse]
G Am G6/D F
Daddy''''s been working too much for days and days and doesn''''t eat
G C F
He doesn''''t say much, but I think this time it''''s got him beat
G Am G6/D F
It isn''''t that he isn''''t strong or kind or clever
G F G
Your daddy''''s poor today and he''''ll be poor forever
[Chorus]
F C G
Hey, that''''s the poor man''''s house
F C G
Those kids are living in a poor man''''s house
F C G
They walk to school with the soles of their shoes worn out
F C F
And come home in the evening to a poor man''''s house
[Bridge]
G
What are you chopping that wood for
F
Why are you growing that corn
G
Mama''''s sewing a brand new shirt and
F
You''''re wearing the one that''''s torn and
G
I guess it''''s for someone else''''s kid who wasn''''t born
C F
In a poor man''''s___ house
C F G
A poor man''''s house
[Chorus]
F C G
Hey, take a look at that house
F C G
Everybody, we''''re living in a poor man''''s house
F C G
Seems like everywhere we go, they find us out
F Cm7 C Cm7 C
Find out we''''ve been living in a poor man''''s house
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