Jimmie Brown The Newsboy chords by The Carter Family

Chords with lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNN5M_Pz3LI

Recorded in 1929 by the original Carter family, Maybelle Sara and AP

Intro:
C majorC  G7G7 X 3

Verse 1:
  C majorC                         G7G7
I'm very cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are worn and thin,
 G7G7                        C majorC
I wander bout from place to place my daily bread I win;

Instrumental:
C majorC G7G7 X 2

Verse 2:
  C majorC                        G7G7
But never mind, sir, how I look don't swear at me or frown,
 G7G7                       C majorC
I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie Brown.

Instrumental:
C majorC G7G7 X 2

Verse 3:
 C majorC                       G7G7
I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie Brown,
   G7G7                   C majorC
Most everybody knows I am the newsboy of the town;

Instrumental:
C majorC G7G7 X 2

Verse 3:
  C majorC                        G7G7
My father was a drunkard, sir, I've heard my mother say,
  G7G7                   C majorC
But I am helping mother as I journey on the way;

Instrumental:
C majorC G7G7 X 2

Verse 4:
 C majorC                       G7G7
I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie Brown,
   G7G7                   C majorC
Most everybody knows I am the newsboy of the town;

Instrumental: