Homeless Guy Clark
INTRO: C G Am F Dm C F G
VERSE 1:
[C]Cardboard sign[G] old and bent s[Am]ays 'friend for l[F]ife 25 cents
[Dm]When did this start makin[C]g sens[F]e, Man it's really gettin[G]g cold
[C]Sometimes I forget things[G] and I get confused
[Am]I could still be working[F], but they refuse
[Dm]Now I'm living with the bums and[C] the w***es and the a[F]bused, man I hate
getting ol[G]d
CHORUS:
[C]Homeless, get[G] away from here don[Am]t give them no money they'll [F]just spend it
on beer
[Dm]Homeless, will[G] work for fo[Am]od, you'll do anything that[F] you gotta do, when
you're hom[C]eless.[C] [G] [Am] [F] [C]
VERSE 2:
[C]Betty sings a [G]song that no on[Am]e hears, as the w[F]ind begins to freeze her tears
[Dm]She says 'God it's been s[C]o many[F] years', she's way past c[G]omplain'n
[C]She sings a he[G]artelt melody, [Am]one that begs for[F] harmony
[Dm]No it's not what she[C] thought it would[F] be, but hey it could be ra[G]inin
CHORUS:
[C]Homeless, get[G] away from here don[Am]t give them no money they'll [F]just spend it
on beer
[Dm]Homeless, will[G] work for fo[Am]od, you'll do anything that[F] you gotta do, when
you're hom[C]eless.[C] [G] [Am] [F] [C]
VERSE 3:
[C]You know life [G]ain't easy it t[Am]akes work, it tak[F]es healing cause you're gonna
get hurt
[Dm]You can lose your faith y[C]ou can[F] lose your shirt, lose yo[G]ur way sometimes
[C]Ah[G] y[Am]ou [F]never really have control, sometimes you just gotta let it go
[Dm]When the final line [C]unfolds, it don't[F] always rhyme[G]
REPEAT CHORUS x2
[C]Cardboard sign[G] old and bent s[Am]ays 'friend for l[F]ife 25 cents
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