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Poormans Grave by Eraserheads - Guitar Chords

Artist Eraserheads How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord F.jpg How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord Em.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg

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Version 1 
            [Intro]

Am-F-G    Am-F-G#


[Verse 1]

Am                          F-G
I know a man who had nothing
Am                          F-G
He was a poor man all his life
Am                          F-G
He lived in a shack by the roadside
Am                          F-G
With starving kids and a loving wife


[Verse 2]

Am                             F-G
He went to church every Sunday
Am                             F-G
He prays from morning until night, he said
Am                                 F-G
Good Lord, why have you forsaken me
Am                            F-G
When everything I did I thought was right


[Refrain]

Em                    Am
Now my Life is coming to an end 
      F                            C  
There's only one thing I'm wishing for
Em                  Am
All my days I have never sinned
      F 
So I hope you won't ignore 
 G                  G..G..GGGG
What I'm asking for...


[Chorus 1]

C
Oh honey when I die
F                 G
Dress me up in a coat and tie
C
Give me a pair of shoes
F                        G 
That I haven't wore in a long time
C
Put me in a golden box
F                  G
Not a cross with a pile of rocks
C
Bury me where the grass is green 
          F           G   
And the gates are shining...


[Chorus 2]

C    G           F
Oh honey when I die
C
Give me a bed of roses 
G              F 
Where I could lie
           C               G            F
I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
C            G              F(pause)        G-G#
Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's grave...


[Verse 3]

Am                          F-G
I know a man who had nothing
Am                         F         G
He dreamed of satin sheets all his life
Am                            F-G
He lived and worked like a dog
Am                              F         G
Licking every boot he sees just to survive


[Verse 4]

Am                             F-G
He comes home drunk every night
Am                       F            G
Wakes up the kids and talks to his wife, he said
Am                       F      G
Honey you have been so good to me
Am                      F     G
I only wish we had a better life


[Refrain 2]

Em                       Am       
And now my life's coming to an end
          F                          C
There's only one thing I'm wishing for
Em                    Am
All my days I have lived in shame
      F                
So I hope you won't ignore
       G                 G..G..GGGG
Just what I'm asking for...


[Chorus 1]

C 
Oh honey when I die
F                 G
Dress me up in a coat and tie
C        
Give me a pair of shoes
F                        G
That I haven't wore in a long time
C
Put me in a golden box
F                   G
Not a cross with a pile of rocks
C     
Bury me where the grass is green 
          F           G
And the gates are shining...


[Chorus 3]

C    G           F
Oh honey when I die
C
Give me a bed of roses 
G              F
Where I could lie
C                         G             F
I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
C             F               G            
'Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's...


[Outro]

C    G           F
Oh honey when I die
C
Give me a bed of roses 
G              F
Where I could lie
C                        G             F 
I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
C             G              F(faded strumming)      then Am(softly)
'Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's grave...

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