Poor Man's Poison - Its alright
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Tuning: E A D G B E
* There is a banjo, mandolin, and guitar playing softly in the original
* The version below replicates the walk-downs and hammer-ons to give the same overall feel
* Hear the original at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07Uc4mi4eM
* mellow, 3/4 time signature, about 91pbm
* Every line is 2 bars of D, followed by 2 bars of G... but the second bars often have embelishments below
* I'm not sure every place where one is used or the other, so just mix it up
* The 2nd bar of D usu has a D to Dsus4 hammer-on followed by a D and Dsus 2 played on the 2nd and 3rd beats
D D Dsus2
e|-2-h-3---2------0-----|
B|-3-------3------3-----|
G|-2-------2------2-----|
D|-0-------0------0-----|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
* But this variation sometimes is Dsus2 to D hammer on, followed by a Dsus2, then a single D note
D Dsus2
e|-0-h-2---0------------|
B|-3-------3------3-----|
G|-2-------2------------|
D|-0-------0------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
* the 2nd bar of G sometimes has a walk up to the D
G D
e|------------2---------------|
B|------------3---------------|
G|------------2---------------|
D|--------0---0---------------|
A|-----2----------------------|
E|--3-------------------------|
* There is an abrubt stop near the end of each Verse (at 2nd bar of G), indicated with a single asterisk (*)
[Intro]
D | D Dsus4 D Dsus2 | G | G | x6
[Verse 1]
D I tend to pray what I'm Gthinking
D And I tend to dream when I'm Gdrinking
And if you Dknew me, you'd say that he's a Gfool, but I like him anyways
D And that's alright with Gme
* D G
It's alright with me
[Instrumental]
D | D Dsus4 D Dsus2 | G | G | x3
[Verse 2]
D I tend to laugh when it's Gworth it
D I look for something bad when it's Gperfect
And if she Dknew me, she'd say that she's Gafraid, but she loves me anyways
D And that's alright with Gme
* D G
It's alright with me,
Yeah that's alright with Dme G
That's alright with Dme G
[Instrumental]
D | D Dsus4 D Dsus2 | G | G |
[Verse 3]
D Well I've got friends but not too Gmany
D And I can count them all on my two Ghands
And since they Dknow me they can say to you I'd Gtrust, and there's not too many these days
D And that's alright with Gme
* D G
That's alright with me
[Outro]
D | D Dsus4 D Dsus2 | G | G | x6
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