Key: G
Introduction:
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,