Guy Clark - Homeless
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[Intro]
C G Am F Dm C F G
[Verse]
CCardboard signG old and bent sAmays 'friend for lFife 25 cents
DmWhen did this start makinCg sensFe, Man it's really gettinGg cold
CSometimes I forget thingsG and I get confused
AmI could still be workingF, but they refuse
DmNow I'm living with the bums andC the w***es and the aFbused, man I hate
getting olGd
[Chorus]
CHomeless, getG away from here donAmt give them no money they'll Fjust spend it
on beer
DmHomeless, willG work for foAmod, you'll do anything thatF you gotta do, when
you're homCeless. C G Am F C
[Verse]
CBetty sings a Gsong that no onAme hears, as the wFind begins to freeze her tears
DmShe says 'God it's been sCo manyF years', she's way past cGomplain'n
CShe sings a heGartelt melody, Amone that begs forF harmony
DmNo it's not what sheC thought it wouldF be, but hey it could be raGinin
[Chorus]
CHomeless, getG away from here donAmt give them no money they'll Fjust spend it
on beer
DmHomeless, willG work for foAmod, you'll do anything thatF you gotta do, when
you're homCeless. C G Am F C
[Verse]
CYou know life Gain't easy it tAmakes work, it takFes healing cause you're gonna
get hurt
DmYou can lose your faith yCou canF lose your shirt, lose yoGur way sometimes
CAhG yAmou Fnever really have control, sometimes you just gotta let it go
DmWhen the final line Cunfolds, it don'tF always rhymeG
[Chorus] x2
CHomeless, getG away from here donAmt give them no money they'll Fjust spend it
on beer
DmHomeless, willG work for foAmod, you'll do anything thatF you gotta do, when
you're homCeless. C G Am F C
[Outro]
CCardboard signG old and bent sAmays 'friend for lFife 25 cents