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
