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I was a boy I was a good little boy
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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
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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

         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
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You shoulda shot a poor man's son