Maura O'Connell - Poor mans house

^CYou know you've done enough when every bone is sore You know you've prayed enough when you don't ask ^Bbany ^Ammore ^{C C}You know you're coming to some kind of understanding ^CWhen every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're still standing ^F

Mama says,^G god tends to ^Amevery little skinny sheep^{G6/D F} So count your ^Gribs and say your ^Cprayers and get to sleep ^F Nothing is ^Glouder to god's ^Amears than a poor mans sorr^G6/Dow ^F Your Daddy is poor today^G and he will be poor to^Fmorrow ^G

Hey,^F that's the poor man^C's house ^G Everybody get a ^Flook at the poor man^C's house ^G Everywhere they ^Fwent before must have ^Cturned them out ^G And now they're ^Fliving in a poor man^Cm7's house ^{C Cm7 C}

^CThere's nothing like poverty to get you into heaven They've got a lot of wine and fish up there and the bread's un^Bblea^Amvened ^{C C}They got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack ^CLots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs ^F

Daddy's been ^Gworking too much for ^Amdays and days and doesn't ea^G6/Dt ^F He doesn't ^Gsay much, but I ^Cthink this time it's got him beat ^F It isn't ^Gthat he isn't ^Amstrong or kind or clev^G6/Der ^F Your daddy's poor today^G and he'll be poor for^Fever ^G

Hey,^F that's the poor man^C's house ^G Those kids are ^Fliving in a poor man^C's house ^G They walk to ^Fschool with the soles of their ^Cshoes worn out ^G And come home in the ^Fevening to a poor man^C's house ^F

What are you chopping that wood for ^G Why are you growing that corn ^F Mama's sewing a brand new shirt and ^G You're wearing the one that's torn and ^F I guess it's for someone else's ^Gkid who wasn't born In a poor ^Cman's___ ^Fhouse A poor m^Can's house ^{F G}

Hey,^F take a look at that ^Chouse ^G Everybody, we're ^Fliving in a poor man^C's house ^G Seems like every^Fwhere we go, they ^Cfind us out ^G Find out we've been ^Fliving in a poor man's ^Cm7house ^{C Cm7 C}