Tonart: G major
Verse 1
G
C
G
D
G
One, two, three.
They tied me up and they sent me down
C
And they dragged me away
from my hometown
the work shut down
C
And I fought to make a living
G
I loved a woman and she loved me back
C
We tried to stay in the middle of the tracks
D
Too many papers on my back
Em
C
and nobody give it.
D
G
I never chose to live this way.
C
You're a liar if you say I did.
It ain't easy being poor,
G
but if it wasn't for the Lord,
D
I'd just pray something else instead.
when I couldn't get a start
C
and it tore my life and my
home apart.
D
There's more love in this broken heart
C
than a lot I'd like to mention.
G
Now I spend my days in the prison yard
C
And my lonely nights behind different bars
D
I count the footsteps and the stars
Em
C
And the years of my detention
D
I never chose to live this way
G
C
You're a liar if you say I did
It ain't easy being poor
G
But if it wasn't for the loan
D
I'd just raise something else in
G
C
D
stead
C
G
C
D
Em
D
C
There's no such thing
D
It's not that black and white
Em
C
G
It isn't just a prisoner
D
Am
who doesn't sleep at night
D
Am
C
D
C
Am
C
D
G
You work this hard in
the bottom of the mine
C
But there ain't no work like doing it right
D
The babies cry and the engines whine
C
The devil pays the wages
G
Now I've done some things
that I can't forget
C
And I've done some things
that I don't regret
but I wouldn't lie to vet,
Em
C
cause I've been through my back pages
D
I never chose to live this way,
G
C
you're a liar if you say I did
It ain't easy being poor,
G
but if it wasn't for the law,
D
I'd just pray something else instead
Em
C
It ain't easy being poor,
G
but if it wasn't for the law,
D
I'd just pray something else instead
G
C
G
D
G
D
You
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