| ← | The Lords | → |
| D | A |
| When I was born you know, I couldn't speak and g | o |
| G | A | |
| My mother worked each d | ay, and she learned me to s | ay |
| Mother and father and son, sister and uncle are one |
| And she learned me to say: life is so hard each day |
| h | D |
| Poor boy you must k | now |
| Poor boy the life is hard oh |
| C | F |
| Poor boy, poor boy you must s | ay |
| D | A | A⁷ |
| Life is very hard each d | ay |
| When I was born you know, I couldn't speak and go |
| My mother worked each day, and she learned me to say |
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