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Poor Mans Gold by Elvis Presley

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🎸 Intro: 

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🎸 Verse 1:

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It's the feeling that I get Looking down at my brand new baby
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Holding on to daddy's thumb just as tightly as he can hold
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And it's hearin' people say he looks just like his daddy
Em                 G          D
These things are a poor man's gold

🎸 Verse 2:

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It's the twinkle in the eyes of the gray haired old man we call grandpa
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Tellin' tales to the kids that get taller every time there told
         G                                  D
And it's knowin' for a while he's no longer lonely
Em                 G          D
These things are a poor man's gold

🎸 Interlude: 
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🎸 Verse 3:

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And it's the sweet sleepy sound of your warm gentle breathing
       G                                         D
As you cling to me in the night to keep away the cold
Em                            G           D
And it's the softness of your body in the darkness
      Em           G          D
These things are a poor man's gold

🎸 Outro: 

Em                                 G          D
Honey theses precious things are a poor man's gold