Poor Mans House - Maura O'Connell Chords
Chords: Cm7, C, Bb, Am, F, G, G6/D
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Genre: folk, country, blues
[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]
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