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[E]Four and twenty 
[E6]years ago
I [E]come into 
this [E6]life
The [E]son of a w[E6]oman
and a [E]man who lived 
in [E6]strife
He was [G]tired[A] 
of being [E]poor[E6]
and he [G]wasn't into 
[A]selling door to [E]door
And he [G]worked like the 
[A]devil to be [E]more

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A [E]different kind 
of [E6]poverty 
[E]now upsets me [E6]so
[E]Night after 
[E6]sleepless night
I [E]walk the floor and 
I [E6]want to know
[G]why[A] am I 
[E]so alone[E6]
[G]Where is my [A]woman 
can I [E]bring her home
[G]Have I driven her a[A]way
Is she [E]gone

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[E]Morning comes 
to [E6]sunrise
and I'm [E]driven 
to my [E6]bed
I [E]see that it 
is [E6]empty
and there's [E]devils 
in my [E6]head
I em[G]brace[A] the many 
[E]colored beast[E6]
I grow [G]weary of 
the [A]torment
can there [E]be no peace
And I [G]find myself just 
[A]wishing that my [E]life 
would simply cease