The Poor
By Jesse Welles
Written by Jesse Welles
Tabbed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6vjaimSK4E
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
9/20/2025


Capo 3
 
Intro:
Am  F
Am  F
 
Chorus:
                       Am                           F
If you worked a little harder then you'd have a lot more
       Am                               F
So the blame and the shame's on you for being so damn poor
             Am                               F
It ain't the price gouging and it ain't the inflation
         Am                                                F
It ain't everyone above ya, tryin' make a buck from ya and screwin' the whole congregation

I had that reduced lunch, I had the benefit cards
Never occured to me to blame my family for life bein' so damn hard
I should've payed attention back when I was in school
Then I could figure up the tax, I would know a lotta facts, I missed the class where they taught the rules

I was memorizing capitols, I was in the spelling bee
I musta skipped the part where they taught the art of private equity
I was selling chocolate bars, I had a disorder
I was cuttin' up a frog, got lost in the fog, learnin' how to play recorder

                     Am            F Am F
If you only worked a little harder

Bridge:
                       C          F
If you worked a little harder, uh uh
                        C         F
If you worked a little harder, uh uh
 
Chorus

It ain't the banks and it ain't the taxes
It ain't the payday loans and high rent homes and predatory fees and practices
So wave yer dumb flag, whatever it means
But you should ask yourself when it comes to health, are the poor really all that free

Bridge

Chorus