Eddy Arnold – Poor Howard (Guitar)

Capo 3 Video Lesson
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Chords

second fret [Intro] D (D) D (D) [Chorus]
D
Poor Howard's dead and gone

A7              D
Left me hear to sing this song

              G
Poor Howard's dead and gone

D               A7        D    (D)
Left me hear to sing this song
[Verse]
D
Poor Howard had a wife

A7                 D
And she nagged him all his life

                G
So, he used his butcher knife

D              A7    D    (D)
Like I said he had a wife
[Chorus]
    D
But Poor Howard's dead and gone

A7              D
Left me hear to sing this song

              G
Poor Howard's dead and gone

D               A7        D    (D)
Left me hear to sing this song
[Verse]
     D
They took poor Howard off to jail

     A7              D
They wouldn't let me go his bail

               G
Said if Howard is your friend

D          A7      D    (D)
Buy a lily for his hand
[Chorus]
      D
Cause Poor Howard's dead and gone

A7              D
Left me hear to sing this song

              G
Poor Howard's dead and gone

D               A7        D
Left me hear to sing this song
[Solo] D D D A D D G D A D (D) [Verse]
D
When we laid his bones to rest

A7               D
We fulfilled his last request

                G
He said buddies bury me

D            A7       D   (D)
Far from her as I can be
[Chorus]
    D
Now Poor Howard's dead and gone

A7              D
Left me hear to sing this song

              G
Poor Howard's dead and gone

D               A7        D    (D)
Left me hear to sing this song
[Verse]
    D
His last words were friends goodbye

A7              D
Don't you worry don't you cry

                    G
I don't mind this a gettin' hung

   D                   A7      D     (D)
At least I stopped her naggin' tongue
[Chorus]
    D
Now Poor Howard's dead and gone

A7              D
Left me hear to sing this song

              G             G    G    G
Poor Howard's dead and gone

D               A7        D    D
Left me hear to sing this song