Artist: | Eraserheads (English) |
User: | gsmendoza |
Duration: | 275 seconds |
Delay: | 3 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Eraserheads - Poorman's Grave
Key: B (Capo on 4th fret)
My preferred key: C# (Capo on 6th fret)
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/eraserheads/poormans-grave-chords-133296
[Intro]
Em --- C - D - .... .. ..
Em --- C - D D# .... .. ..
Em --- C - D - .... .. ..
Em --- C - D D# .... .. ..
[Verse 1]
Em --- C - D - I know a man who had nothing
Em --- C - D - He was a poor man all his life
Em --- C - D - He lived in a shack by the roadside
Em --- C - D D# With starving kids and a loving wife
[Interlude]
Em --- C - D - .... .. ..
Em --- C - D D# .... .. ..
[Verse 2]
Em --- C - D - He went to church every Sunday
Em --- C - D - He prays from morning until night, he said
Em --- C - D - Good Lord, why have you forsaken me
Em --- C - D - When everything I did I thought was right
[Refrain]
Bm --- Em --- Now my Life is coming to an end
C --- G --- There's only one thing I'm wishing for
Bm --- Em --- All my days I have never sinned
C --- C --- So I hope you won't ignore
D --- D --- What I'm asking for...
[Chorus 1]
G --- Oh honey when I die
C - D - Dress me up in a coat and tie
G --- Give my feet a pair of shoes
C - D - That I haven't wore in a long time
G --- Put me in a golden box
C - D - Not a cross on a pile of rocks
G --- Bury me where the grass is green
C - D - And the gates are shining...
[Chorus 2]
G - D - C --- Oh honey when I die
G - D - C --- Give me a bed of roses where I could lie
G - D - C --- I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
G - D - C ... ... D# Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's grave...
[Interlude]
Em --- C - D - .... .. ..
Em --- C - D D# .... .. ..
[Verse 1]
Em --- C - D - I know a man who had nothing
Em --- C - D - He dreamed of satin sheets all his life
Em --- C - D - He lived and worked like a dog
Em --- C - D D# Licking every boot he sees just to survive
[Verse 2]
Em --- C - D - He comes home drunk every night
Em --- C - D - Wakes up the kids and talks to his wife, he said
Em --- C - D - Honey you have been so good to me
Em --- C - D - I only wish we had a better life
[Refrain]
Bm --- Em --- Now my Life is coming to an end
C --- G --- There's only one thing I'm wishing for
Bm --- Em --- All my days I have lived in shame
C --- C --- So I hope you won't ignore
D --- D --- Just what I'm asking for...
[Chorus 1]
G --- Oh honey when I die
C - D - Dress me up in a coat and tie
G --- Give my feet a pair of shoes
C - D - That I haven't wore in a long time
G --- Put me in a golden box
C - D - Not a cross on a pile of rocks
G --- Bury me where the grass is green
C - D - And the gates are shining...
[Chorus 3]
G - D - C --- Oh honey when I die
G - D - C --- Give me a bed of roses where I could lie
G - D - C --- I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
G - D - C --- Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's grave...
[Outro]
G - D - C --- Oh honey when I die
G - D - C --- Give me a bed of roses where I could lie
G - D - C --- I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved
G - D - C ... ... D# Coz I dont wanna lie in a poor man's grave...
Em ... ....