Woody Guthrie – Poor Boy (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
D G D
G D A D
[Verse 1]
D My mother called me to her bedside G D These words she said to me G D If you don't quit your rambling ways A D They're gonna get you in the penetentiary
[Chorus]
D Gonna get you in the penetentiary poor boy G D Gonna get you in the penetentiary G D If you don't quit your reckless ways A D They're gonna get you in the penetentiary
[Verse 2]
D So I sat myself down in a gambling game G D And I could not play my hand G D Thinking about that woman I love A D Run away with another man
[Chorus]
D Run away with another man poor boy G D Run away with another man G D Just thinking about that woman I love A D Run away with another man
[Verse 3]
D The cards came around the table lord G D And I had such a worried mind G D My stack of gold dollars I wasted away A D And I lost about ninety-nine
[Chorus]
D I lost about ninety-nine poor boy G D I lost about ninety-nine G D My stack of gold dollars I wasted away A D And I lost about ninety-nine
[Verse 4]
D It wasn't very long till I seen him again G D He run away, left her behind G D And I laid him down with my old forty-four A D And the judge give me ninety-nine
[Chorus]
D Well the judge give me ninety-nine poor boy G D And he give me ninety-nine G D I laid a man down with my big forty-four A D And the judge give me ninety-nine
[Verse 5]
D Well the jury said that I had to pay G D And the clerk he wrote it down G D And the judge called out my number A D Two sixes upside down
[Chorus]
D Two sixes upside down poor boy G D Two sixes upside down G D The judge called out my number A D Two sixes upside down
[Outro]
D G D