Po Boy chords by Bukka White

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
G+G        C majorC
Poor boy he was traveling
G+G        D MajorD
The king of the road
G+G        C majorC
Poor boy he got hungry,
D MajorD                G+G
He didn't even have no where to go.

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:
G+G        C majorC
Poor boy says I hate for
G+G           D MajorD
That evening sun going down,
G+G             C majorC
The curb, the rocks are my pillow
    D MajorD            G+G
And the cold ground my sleeping place.

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:
G+G              C majorC
Poor boy's mama come to see him,
G+G             D MajorD
Frightened, sad and prison bound,
G+G          C majorC
When she looked and see him,
D MajorD               G+G
How she went to screaming and crying.

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:
G+G         C majorC
Take back your old mother,
G+G           D MajorD
Poor boy now is prison bound,
G+G           C majorC
Oh she kneeled on her knee,
D MajorD             G+G
How old mother screams and cries.

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:
G+G        C majorC
Oh she said goodbye,
G+G            D MajorD
Your mama's gonna leave lone,
G+G             C majorC
She said if you be a good boy,
D MajorD            G+G