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