Chords with lyrics
| A augmentedA | D MajorD | A augmentedA | F# minorF#m |
| A augmentedA | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
| A augmentedA | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
He spends all his weeks in the bread line
D MajorD A augmentedA
He spends all his weekends in jail
Hm F# minorF#m
He spends all his money on dead ends
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
And always has something for sale
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
He doesn’t know how to do different
D/AD/A A augmentedA
He lives with his head in the sand
D MajorD
Playing his role
C# minorC#m F# minorF#m
Stuck on the dole
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
The son of a landless man
| A augmentedA | D MajorD | A augmentedA | F# minorF#m |
| A augmentedA | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
| A augmentedA | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
No one never called him ambitious
D MajorD A augmentedA
He never pretended to be
Hm F# minorF#m
He bummed around the pool halls to kill time
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
When he dropped out of school at sixteen
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
It was there that he met his ex-wife
D/AD/A A augmentedA
It should have ended before it began
D MajorD C# minorC#m F# minorF#m
She batted her eye lids and had a few kids
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
With the son of a landless man
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
With the son of a landless man
| A augmentedA | D MajorD | A augmentedA | F# minorF#m |
| A augmentedA | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
| A augmentedA | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA |
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Now the wife and the kids are gone now
D MajorD A augmentedA
He don’t have a clue where they are
Hm F# minorF#m
As one night he pulled out a rifle
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
In an argument he took too far
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Now someone says he cant see them
D/AD/A A augmentedA
It’ll be a long time before he can
D MajorD C# minorC#m F# minorF#m
His three little girls, all giggles and curls
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
and the son of a landless man
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Another son of a landless man
| A augmentedA | D MajorD | A augmentedA | F# minorF#m |
| A augmentedA | E MajorE | A augmentedA | A augmentedA |