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Note: Original key is 1/2 step lower (Abm)
Intro: Am--F-G--; (2x) G#,
Am--F-G--; (2x) G#,
Am F-G
I know a man who had nothing
Am F-G
He was a poor man all his life
Am F G
He lived in a shack by the roadside
Am F G G#,
With starving kids and a loving wife
Interlude: Am--F-G-; (2x) G#,
Am F G
He went to church every Sunday
Am F G
He prays from morning until night, he said
Am F G
"Good Lord, why have you forsaken me
Am F G G#,
When everything I did I thought was right"
Refrain 1
Em Am
Now my Life is coming to an end
F C
There's only one thing I'm wishing for
Em Am
All my days I have never sinned
F
So I hope you won't ignore
G G-
What I'm asking for
Chorus 1
C
Oh honey when I die
F G
Dress me up in a coat and tie
C
Give me a pair of shoes
F G
That I haven't wore in a long time
C
Put me in a golden box
F G
Not a cross with a pile of rocks
C
Bury me where the grass is green
F G
And the gates are shining
Chorus 2
C G F
Oh honey when I die
C
Give me a bed of roses
G F
Where I could lie
C G F
I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
C G F(pause) G-G#
'Cause I don't wanna lie in a poor man's grave
Interlude: Am--F-G-; (2x) G#,
Am F-G
I know a man who had nothing
Am F G
He dreamed of satin sheets all his life
Am F-G
He lived and worked like a dog
Am F G G#,
Licking every boot he sees just to survive
Am F-G
He comes home drunk every night
Am F G
Wakes up the kids and talks to his wife, he said
Am F G
"Honey you have been so good to me
Am F G
I only wish we had a better life"
Refrain 2
Em Am
And now my life's coming to an end
F C
There's only one thing I'm wishing for
Em Am
All my days I have lived in shame
F
So I hope you won't ignore
G G-
Just what I'm asking for
(Repeat Chorus 1)
(Repeat Chorus 2 except last line)
C F G
'Cause I don't wanna lie in a poor man's
(Repeat Chorus 2 except last line)
C G F pause G#,Am
'Cause I dont wanna lie in a poor man's grave
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