Chords
Po' Folks

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
easy |||||
                             G                                                                      D7                                            G  
There's a whole lot of people lookin' down their noses at me,
                                                                          D7                    G  
Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family,
                                C                                                      G  
There were ten of us livin' in a two room shack,
                     D7                                                              G  
On the banks of the river by the railroad tracks,
          C                                              G  
We kept chickens in a pen in the back,
                                                                        D7  
And ever'body said we were Po' Folks,
(verse 2)
          G                                                         D7                                                      G  
My daddy was a farmer, but all he ever raised was us,
                                                                                          D7                                                      G  
He dug a forty-foot well, struck thrirty six gallons of dust,
             C                                                         G  
The Salvation Army gave us clothes to wear,
        D7                                                                 G  
A man from the County came to cut our hair,
          C                                                    G  
We lived next door to a millionaire,
          D7                                                    G  
But we wasn't nothin' but Po' Folks,
(chorus)
                  C                                                         G  
We was Po' Folks livin' in a rich folks world,
          D7                                         G  
We sure was a hungry bunch,
                     C                                                      G  
If the wolf had ever come to our front door,
A7                                                            D7  
He'd a had to brought a picnic lunch,
(verse 3)
                  C                                                         G  
We was Po' Folks livin' in a rich folks world,
          D7                                         G  
We sure was a hungry bunch,
                     C                                                      G  
If the wolf had ever come to our front door,
A7                                                            D7  
He'd a had to brought a picnic lunch,
(verse 4)
          G                                                            D7  
But we had somethin' in our house, money can't buy,
                                                                             D7                                                 G  
Kept us warm in the winter, cool when the sun was high,
             C                                                                         G  
For whenever we didn't have food enough,
                        D7                                                 G  
And the howlin' winds, would get pretty rough,
          C                                                                            G  
We patched the cracks and set the table with Love,
                  D7                                                                            G  
Cause that's what you do, when you're Po' Folks,
(ending)
          D7                                                    G  
And we wasn't nothin' but Po' Folks,
          D7                                         G  
My mom and my dad was Po' Folks,
          D7                                                            G  
My brother and my sister was Po' folks,
          D7                                         G  
My dog and my cat was Po' folks,
             D7                                                    G  
And even the Po' Folks was Po' folks,