CHORDS: Jesse Welles – The Poor Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are The Poor chords by Jesse Welles on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Am   F
Am   F

[Chorus]
If you worked a
       Am
little harder
Then you'd have a
     F
lot more
        Am
So the blame and
the shame's on you
     F
For being so
damn poor

[Verse]
It ain't the
 Am
price gouging
And it ain't the
    F
inflation
         Am
It ain't everyone
above ya
Tryna make a
buck from ya
     F
And screwin'
the whole congregation
              Am
I had that reduced
lunch
I had the benefit
 F
cards
            Am
It never occured
to me
To blame my family
     F
For life being so
damn hard

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[Verse]
I sholda payed
   Am
attention
Back when I was
    F
in school
Then I could
 Am
figure up the tax
I would know a
lotta facts
I missed the
 F
class
Where they
taught the rules
I was memorizing
 Am
capitols
I was in the
      F
spelling bee
         Am
I musta skipped
the part
Where they taught
the art
    F
Of private equity
I was selling
 Am
chocolate bars
           F
I had a disorder
       Am
I was cuttin'
up a frog
Got lost in the
fog
 F
Learnin' how to
play recorder

[Pre-Chorus]
If you only
worked a
 Am
little
       F   Am   F
harder
If you worked a
        C         F
little harder, ha ha
If you worked a
        C
little harder,
   F
ha ha

[Chorus]
If you worked a
        Am
little harder
Then you'd have
       F
a lot more
        Am
So the shame and
the blame's on you
     F
For being so damn
poor

[Verse]
              Am
It ain't the banks
                  F
And it ain't the taxes
              Am
It ain't the payday
loans
And high rent homes
     F
And predatory fees
and practices
          Am
Wave yer dumb flag
             F
Whatever it means
               Am
But you should ask
yourself
When it comes to
health
         F
Are the poor really
all that free?

[Pre-Chorus]
If you worked a
little
 C         F
harder, ha ha
If you worked a
little
 C         F
harder, ha ha

[Chorus]
If you worked a
        Am
little harder
You'd have a lot
 F
more
        Am
So the blame and
the shame's on you
     F
For being so damn poor
 Am   Am
Yeah