Chords with lyrics
-=Poorman's Grave=-
by: Eraserheads
album: Cutterpillow
speed: moderately fast
Intro:
Am-F-G Am-F-G#
1st Stanza
A minorAm F-G
I know a man who had nothing
A minorAm F-G
He was a poor man all his life
A minorAm F-G
He lived in a shack by the roadside
A minorAm F-G
With starving kids and a loving wife
2nd Stanza
A minorAm F-G
He went to church every Sunday
A minorAm F-G
He prays from morning until night, he said
A minorAm F-G
Good Lord, why have you forsaken me
A minorAm F-G
When everything I did I thought was right
Refrain:
E minorEm A minorAm
Now my Life is coming to an end
FF 
C majorC
There's only one thing I'm wishing for
E minorEm A minorAm
All my days I have never sinned
FF
So I hope you won't ignore
G+G G..G..GGGG
What I'm asking for...
Chorus I:
C majorC
Oh honey when I die
FF G+G
Dress me up in a coat and tie
C majorC
Give me a pair of shoes
FF G+G
That I haven't wore in a long time
C majorC
Put me in a golden box
FF G+G
Not a cross with a pile of rocks
C majorC
Bury me where the grass is green
FF G+G
And the gates are shining...
Chorus II:
C majorC G+G FF
Oh honey when I die
C majorC
Give me a bed of roses
G+G FF
Where I could lie
C majorC G+G FF
I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
C majorC G+G F(pause) G-G#
Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's grave...
3rd stanza
A minorAm F-G
I know a man who had nothing
A minorAm FF G+G
He dreamed of satin sheets all his life
A minorAm F-G
He lived and worked like a dog
A minorAm FF G+G
Licking every boot he sees just to survive
4th stanza
A minorAm F-G
He comes home drunk every night
A minorAm FF G+G
Wakes up the kids and talks to his wife, he said
A minorAm FF G+G
Honey you have been so good to me
A minorAm FF G+G
I only wish we had a better life
Refrain II:
E minorEm A minorAm
And now my life's coming to an end
FF C majorC
There's only one thing I'm wishing for
E minorEm A minorAm
All my days I have lived in shame
FF
So I hope you won't ignore
G+G G..G..GGGG
Just what I'm asking for...
Chorus I:
C majorC
Oh honey when I die
FF G+G
Dress me up in a coat and tie
C majorC
Give me a pair of shoes
FF G+G
That I haven't wore in a long time
C majorC
Put me in a golden box
FF G+G
Not a cross with a pile of rocks
C majorC
Bury me where the grass is green
FF G+G
And the gates are shining...
Chorus III:
C majorC G+G FF
Oh honey when I die
C majorC
Give me a bed of roses
G+G FF
Where I could lie
C majorC G+G FF
I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
C majorC FF G+G
'Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's...
C majorC G+G FF
Oh honey when I die
C majorC
Give me a bed of roses
G+G FF
Where I could lie
C majorC G+G FF
I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
C majorC G+G F(faded strumming) then Am(softly)
'Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's grave...
Other versions of Poormans Grave
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Poormans grave (Ver. 2) by Eraserheads
