Poor Mans Son

	  		G 
I was a boy I was a good little boy 
                         D 
Wantin in the playground fun 
 
They said ah na ney boy you can't play 
                                 G 
Cause you were born a poor man's son 
G 
I met a girl she was a  pretty little girl 
                     D 
Would you be my only one 
 
She said meet me where nobody can see 
                                 G 
Cause you were born a poor man's son 
         C       G 
I spent  all my lifetime 
                       C 
Thinking what I coulda done 
                   G             D 
While I worked my fingers to the bone 
        G 
I met a man he was business man 
                                   D 
I said I'm a hard working son of a gun 
 
He said you know the rules 
 
You should've stayed in school 
                                 G 
Cause you were born a poor man's son 
 
SOLO 
 
         C       G 
I spent  all my lifetime 
                       C 
Thinking what I coulda done 
                   G             D 
While I worked my fingers to the bone 
       G 
I met a guy he was a crazy guy 
                            D 
He said I'm going to get me some 
 
Let's go across the tracks where 
 
They keep that jack 
                              G 
All we need is a little black gun 
G 
They got the hounds and the tracked us down 
                                D 
They said we know what you have done 
 
You're gonna do the time it's gonna fit the crime 
                              G 
You shoulda shot a poor man's son 
            D                 G 
You shoulda shot a poor man's son 
            D                 C  D  G 
You shoulda shot a poor man's son 
 
 
>From Charlie Robison "Life Of The Party" 
Lucky Dog Records 1998 
Bruce Robison Music/Tiltawhirl Music(BMI)  
 
 
>From Austin Country Nights 
Watermelon Records