# Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 16:23:00 -0500 From: Scott Antall <santall@nylf.org> To: "'guitar@olga.net'" <guitar@olga.net> Subject: CRD: g/griffin_patty/poor_mans_house.crd Poor Man's House Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin from the "Living With Ghosts" album Chords transcribed by Scott Antall (santall@nylf.org) (with the help of my guitar instructor!!) Tuning: "Dropped D" - This is easy - just tune the bass E string down one whole step. (This way, when you play the D chord, you can strum all the strings.) DADGBE - Capo at first fret D (000232) D* (000235 to 0000232) A (002220) G (X20033) D* Explanation - start with (000235) then bring the pinkie down one fret each time (000234, 000233) until you get to a regular D (000232). Make sense' Listen to the album for more detail. Intro [D* D*] [D*] you know you've done enough when every bone is sore [D*] you know you've prayed enough when you don't ask any more [D*] you know you're coming to some kind of understanding [D*] when every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're still standing

^G mama says ^A god tends ^Bm to every little skinny sheep ^A ^G so count your ribs ^A and say your ^D prayers and get to sleep ^G nothing is ^A louder to god's ^Bm ears than a poor mans sorrow ^A ^G daddy is poor today and ^A he will be poor tomorrow [G A]

^A hey that's the ^G poor man's ^D house ^A everybody get a ^G look at the poor mans ^D house ^A everywhere they ^G went before must have ^D turned them out ^A and now they're ^G living in a poor mans ^D house

[D* D*] [D*] there's nothing like poverty to get you into heaven [D*] they got a lot of wine and fish up there and the bread's unleavened [D*] they got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack [D*] lots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs

^G daddy's been ^A working too much for ^Bm days and days he doesn't eat [A] ^G he never ^A says much but i ^D think this time it's got him beat ^G it isn't that ^A he isn't ^Bm strong or kind or clever ^A ^G your daddy's poor today and he will be ^A poor forever [G A]

^A hey that's the ^G poor man's ^D house ^A those kids are ^G living in a poor mans ^D house ^Athey walk to ^G school with the soles of their ^D shoes worn out ^A and come home in the ^G evening to the poor mans ^D house

^G what are you chopping that wood for ^A why are you growing that corn ^G mama's sewing a brand new shirt and ^A you're wearing the one that's torn ^Gi guess it's for some one elses kid ^A who wasn't born in a poor ^D man's ^G house a poor ^D man's ^G house

^A hey take a ^G look at that ^D house ^A everybody we're ^G living in a poor mans ^D house ^A seems like every^Gwhere we go they ^D find us out ^A find out that we've been ^G living in a poor mans ^D house

Patty Griffin - Poor mans house