Tuning: D G C F A D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNN5M_Pz3LI Recorded in 1929 by the original Carter family, Maybelle Sara and AP [Intro] C G7 X 3 [Verse 1]

I'm ^Cvery cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are worn and ^G7thin, I ^G7wander bout from place to place my daily bread I ^Cwin;

[Instrumental] C G7 X 2 [Verse 2]

But ^Cnever mind, sir, how I look don't swear at me or ^G7frown, I ^G7sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie ^CBrown.

[Instrumental] C G7 X 2 [Verse 3]

I ^Csell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie ^G7Brown, Most ^G7everybody knows I am the newsboy of the ^Ctown;

[Instrumental] C G7 X 2 [Verse 3]

My ^Cfather was a drunkard, sir, I've heard my mother ^G7say, But ^G7I am helping mother as I journey on the ^Cway;

[Instrumental] C G7 X 2 [Verse 4]

I ^Csell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie ^G7Brown, Most ^G7everybody knows I am the newsboy of the ^Ctown;

[Instrumental] C G7 C

The Carter Family - Jimmie brown the newsboy