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Poormans Grave  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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