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Larry Sparks - City Folks Call Us Poor (Chord)
Submitter: GMWNS (13) on 10/21/06
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City Folks Call Us Poor: Larry Sparks
Album: 40

Capo 3rd Fret

Intro: Follow pattern of first two lines

(G) Moonlight shining (B7) on the grassy (C) meadow
(G) Looks like diamonds (D) shining in the (G) night
Whippoorwills (B7) singing in the (C) white oak
(G) Coon dogs barkin'' (D) in the bright moon-(G)-light

Chorus
(C) Honeysuckle smells just like (G) sweet perfume
(C) Old dogs lyin'' over by the (G) door
(C) Watermelon rinds momma (G) puts up in a jar
And the city folks, (C) they call us (G) poor

Instrumental: Follow pattern of any verse

(G) Singin'' Rock Of (B7) Ages on the (C) front porch
(G) Watchin'' fireflies (D) light up the mountain (G) dew
Listenin'' to Bill Mon-(B7)-roe on the (C) Opry
(G) Singin'' somethin'' (D) ''bout his Uncle (G) Penn

Repeat Chorus

Instrumental: Follow pattern of any verse

(G) God he paints a (B7) picture in the (C) evenin'' sky
(G) Blue and purple, (D) orange and shades of (G) red
He knows we can''t af-(B7)-ford no fancy (C) paintings
So (G) we look at the (D) real thing in-(G)-stead

Repeat Chorus

Oh, the city folk, (C) they call us (G) poor

Instrumental ending: Follow same pattern as Intro 
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