The Poor

By

Guitar

Ukulele

Intro

Am
F
Am
F

Chorus

If you worked a little h
Am
arder
Then you'd have a lot m
F
ore
So the blame and the shame's on y
Am
ou
For being so damn p
F
oor

Verse 1

It ain't the price go
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uging
And it ain't the infla
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tion
It ain't everyone ab
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ove ya
Tryna make a buck from ya
And screwin' the whole congrega
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tion
I had that reduced l
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unch
I had the benefit c
F
ards
It never occurred to
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me
To blame my family
For life being so damn h
F
ard

Verse 2

I shouda paid atten
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tion
Back when I was in sch
F
ool
Then I could figure up the t
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ax
I would know a lotta facts
I missed the class
Where they taught the r
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ules
I was memorizing capit
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als
I was in the spelling b
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ee
I musta skipped the p
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art
Where they taught the art
Of private equi
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ty
I was selling chocolate b
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ars
I had a disor
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der
I was cuttin' up a fr
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og
Got lost in the fog
Learnin' how to play recor
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der

Bridge

If you only worked a little h
Am
arder
F
Am
F
If you worked a little h
C
arder, ha
F
ha
If you worked a little h
C
arder, ha
F
ha

Chorus *

If you worked a little h
Am
arder
Then you'd have a lot m
F
ore
So the blame and the shame's on y
Am
ou
For being so damn p
F
oor

Verse 3

It ain't the b
Am
anks
And it ain't the ta
F
xes
It ain't the payday l
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oans
And high rent homes
And predatory fees and practi
F
ces
Wave yer dumb fl
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ag
Whatever it me
F
ans
But you should ask your
Am
self
When it comes to health
Are the poor really all that fr
F
ee?

Bridge *

If you only worked a little h
Am
arder
F
Am
F
If you worked a little h
C
arder, ha
F
ha
If you worked a little h
C
arder, ha
F
ha

Chorus *

If you worked a little h
Am
arder
Then you'd have a lot m
F
ore
So the blame and the shame's on y
Am
ou
For being so damn p
F
oor

Outtro

Am
Yeah