Life Of A Poor Boy
Stonewall Jackson
Key = A
Intro: A - D - E7 - A - A
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When I was just a youngster and hardly in my teens
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I went to school on many a day with faded old blue jeans
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The patches they were many, the seat was all thread bare
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But a poor girl didn't notice, and a poor boy didn't care
Chorus:
A D E7 A
A poor boy don't have no money, a poor boy don't have no dough
D A E7
Give a poor boy a pretty little girl, and watch that poor boy go
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He's the backbone of the nation, the pappy of the land
A D
With a two buck loan he'll build him a home
E7 A
And raise him a poor boy clan
Instrumental Break: A - E - E7 - A - A
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His worries they are many, his pleasures are but few
A D E7 A
But that don't worry a poor boy, his pappy had 'em too
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His livin' don't come easy, he has to sweat it out
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But he'd rather be a poor boy than a wealthy gad-a-bout
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental Break: Bb - Bb - A - A
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If it wasn't for the poor boy a lot would go undone
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The plow would never furrow or the mill would never run
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There wouldn't be no taters, there wouldn't be no beans
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The rich would all be poor boys in faded old blue jeans
Repeat Chorus
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