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Poormans Grave  Chords by Eraserheads

Poormans Grave chords by Eraserheads (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro:
G#m E F# G#m E F# Eb/G x2


Verse 1:
G#m
  I know a man who
    E      F# G#m
had nothing      He
               E
was a poor man all his
F#  G#m
life   He lived in a
             E       F#
shack by the roadside
G#m
   With starving kids
      E      F#  Eb/G
and a loving wife
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Marcus's Guitar Solo:
G#m E F# G#m E F# Eb/G


Verse 2:
G#m
   He went to church
      E     F# G#m
every Sunday      He
                   E
prays from morning until
F#            G#m
night he said Good Lord
                E     F#
why have you forsaken me
G#m
   When everything I did
  E           F#
I thought was right


Refrain 1:
Ebm
   Now my Life is coming
G#m               E
to an end There's only
one thing I'm wishing
B  Ebm
for   All my days I have
G#m               E
never sinned So I hope
                 F#
you won't ignore What
I'm asking for


Chorus 1:
B
Oh honey when I die
E
  Dress me up in a
            B
coat and tie Give
my feet a pair of
             E
shoes That I haven't
          F#
wore in a long time
B
  Put me in a golden
   E
box Not a cross on

a pile of rocks
B
  Bury me where the
grass is green And
    E
the gates are shining


Chorus 2:
B  F#           E
Oh honey when I die
          B
Give me a bed of
      F#
roses Where I could
E             B
lie I'm gonna use up
        F#
all the money that
  E    B
I saved Coz I don't
F#
wanna lie in a
E               Eb/G
poor man's grave


Interlude:
G#m E F# G#m E F# Eb/G


Verse 3: Buddy's Bass Solo
G#m
   I know a man who had
E      F# G#m
nothing      He dreamed
         E
of satin sheets all his
F#  G#m
life   He lived and
              E  F#
worked like a dog
G#m
Licking every
boot he sees
     E     F#  Eb/G
just to survive


Verse 4:
G#m
   He comes home drunk
      E    F# G#m
every night      Wakes
                E
up the kids and talks
       F#  Eb/G
to his wife    he said
G#m
Honey you have been
   E       F# G#m
so good to me    I
only wish we had
  E      F#
a better life


Refrain 2:
Ebm
   But now my life is
       G#m
coming to an end
        E
There's only one
thing I'm wishing
B  Ebm
for   All my days I
     G#m
have lived in
           E
shame So I hope
you won't ignore
     F#
Just what I'm
asking for


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Chorus 3:
B  F#           E
Oh honey when I die
          B
Give me a bed of
      F#
roses Where I could
E             B
lie I'm gonna use up
        F#
all the money that
  E    B
I saved Coz I don't
F#
wanna lie in a
E
poor man's grave
B  F#           E
Oh honey when I die
          B
Give me a bed of
      F#
roses Where I could
E             B
lie I'm gonna use up
        F#
all the money that
  E    B
I saved Coz I don't
F#
wanna lie in a
E               Eb/G G#m(hold)
poor man's grave

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