Abm                                    E -  F#

I know a man who had nothing

Abm                               E           F#
He was a poor man all his life

Abm                                         E -  F#
He lived in a shack by the roadside

Abm                                      E          F#    G
With starving kids and a loving wife

Abm - E - F#

Abm - E - F# - G

Abm                                      E -  F#
He went to church every Sunday

Abm                                       E       F#
He prayed from morning until night

                  Abm                                             E          F#
He said, "Good Lord, why have you forsaken me

Abm                                   E                      F#

When everything I did I thought was right?"

Ebm                                 Abm  
Now my life's coming to an end

                      E                                      B

And there's only one thing I am wishing for

Ebm                           Abm
All my days I have never sinned

        E
So I hope you won't ignore

F#                                   (F#)
What I'm asking for

B             

Oh honey when I die

E

Dress me up in a coat and tie

B                                                           E                             F#

Give my feet a pair of shoes that I haven't worn in a long time

B

Put me in a golden box

E

Not a cross on a pile of rocks

B                                                                       E

Bury me where the grass is green and I can't stop shining

B    F#                      E

Oh honey when I die

                    B                      F#                     E

Give me a bed of roses where I could lie

                   B                        F#                   E

I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved

B                  F#                       E

Coz I don't wanna lie in a poor man's grave

G...

Abm - E - F#

Abm - E - F# - G

(light strum)
Abm                                    E -  F#
I know a man who had nothing

Abm                                E                        F#

He dreamed of satin sheets all his life

Abm                                           E -  F#

He lived and worked like a dog

Abm                                                   E        F#     G

Licking every boot he sees just to survive

Abm                                               E -  F#

He comes home drunk every night

Abm                                    E                    F#

Wakes up the kids and talks to his wife

Abm                                                          E             F#

He said, "Honey, you have been so good to me

Abm                               E          F#

I only wish we had a better life."

Ebm                                 Abm  
Now my life's coming to an end

                     E                                       B

And there's only one thing I am wishing for

Ebm                           Abm
All my days I have lived in shame

        E
So I hope you won't ignore

         F#                                   (F#)
Just what I'm asking for

B             

Oh honey when I die

E

Dress me up in a coat and tie

B                                                           E                             F#

Give my feet a pair of shoes that I haven't worn in a long time

B

Put me in a golden box

E

Not a cross on a pile of rocks

B                                                                       E

Bury me where the grass is green and I can't stop shining

B     F#                     E

Oh honey when I die

                    B                      F#                     E

Give me a bed of roses where I could lie

                   B                         F#                  E

I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved

B                  F#                      E                                           (B)

Coz I don't wanna lie in a poor man's...poor man's grave

  B    F#                     E

(Oh honey when I die)

                    B                      F#                     E

Give me a bed of roses where I could lie

                   B                         F#                  E

I'm gonna use up all the money that I saved

B                  F#                      E                               G - Ab

Coz I don't wanna lie in a poor man's grave