Po Folks Chords

by Nappy Roots
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I think this works, it's a simplified version that I play on the acoustic.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Coconey [pro] 21. Last edit on Jul 2, 2020

Chords

A
E
Bm
D

Strumming

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I think these are simplified chords. I play acoustic and struggle with bar chords.
It's definitly not exact and not a perfect cover of the electric guitar riffs, but it works for me.
 
[Intro]
A E Bm A
Awwww....
A E Bm D
Mmmmm, awww..
 
 
[Hook]
A                E
All my life been po'
Bm                            A
But it really don't matter no mo'
A                                E
And they wonder why we act this way
Bm                    D
Nappy Boys gon' be okay
A                 E
All my life been po'
Bm                            A
But it really don't matter no mo'
A                                E
And they wonder why we act this way
Bm                          D
Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
 
 
[Big V]
A                              E
We came in the game, plain ya see
Bm                                       A
Average man when the rest was ashamed to be
A                                     E
Nappy head and all, ain't no changin' me
Bm                     D
Ooooh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh...
A                                       E
So rough it was, downright wrong I tell ya
Bm                                                          A
Nobody never gave us nothin' but tough time and made us somethin
A                                            E
Different stretch of road, new somethin' to see
Bm                                                D
Every state on the map, a different somethin' to eat
A                                           E
Daps and handshakes, it meant nuttin' for real
Bm                                              A
Everybody makin' a killin' man, showin' no feelins
A                                                  E
Walkin' off collectin' pay, it's the way of the world
Bm                                                  D
Can't change it, so I guess I'm gon' pray for the world
A                                              E
Sometimes I ask myself, was I made for the world?
Bm                                           A
I scream this to you, and I say it to the world
A                                    E
Nappy then, Nappy now - Nappy for a bit
Bm                                           D
Knee-deep, head over heels in this country shit!
 
 
[Hook]
A                E
All my life been po'
Bm                            A
But it really don't matter no mo'
A                               E
And they wonder why we act this way
Bm                    D
Nappy Boys gon' be okay
A                E
All my life been po'
Bm                            A
But it really don't matter no mo'
A                                E
And they wonder why we act this way
Bm                          D
Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
 
 
[Skinny DeVille] probably not the exact placement with words, but the basic chord pattern continues
 
Even though I picture better days
A                                      E
I'm thankful for the chance I got to say amen
Bm                                        A
The Lord done blessed me with his grace, I wish this day would never end
A                                         E
We represent the slums, where we from, we feel they bump
Bm                                          D
Polish shot off on these presidents, and hardtimes they go and come
A                                          E
Some take up off, without the chance, to make it at all
Bm                                         A
Who woulda thought Skinny'd be the one that's, makin' this call
A                                         E
Lord, help me out, tell me where I went wrong
Bm                                        D
I'm tryna find a righteous path, although it's, never been long
A                                          E
I gotta do it for my sons, they tellin' me, "Daddy be strong"
Bm
We gon' make it through these hardtimes
A
Even though they go and they come
A                                    E
Ya absolutely right, for somethin' happen to me on last Tuesday night
Bm                                    D
It's plain as day, man they... with this World Trade
A
Naw brave any order but confoldure
E
Better make it home when nothin' seems to matter
Bm                                A
That's when, see, everything can go - any which way
A                                 E
They got me fooled, see the Henny with the J
Bm                                              D
Front po'ch, chillin' broke, country folk, I'm Nappy with my ways yo
 
 
[Hook]
A                E
All my life been po'
Bm                            A
But it really don't matter no mo'
A                               E
And they wonder why we act this way
Bm                    D
Nappy Boys gon' be okay
A                 E
All my life been po'
Bm                            A
But it really don't matter no mo'
A                               E
And they wonder why we act this way
Bm                           D
Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
 
 
[R. Prophit]
A                                   E
It's a blessin' we woke up this mornin'
Bm                                            A
All my colored folk stressin', come let's join hands
A                                           E
Got to cope with the pressures of bein' po' man
Bm                                          D
Poppa taught me an order, survive for no man
A                                        E
Nappy blossomed from the Roots, course we gon' stand
Bm                                       A
Prophit grew from a juvenile to a grown man
A                                        E
Ya gotta take responsibility for ya own man
Bm                                       D
Zonin, two blunts a mo'nin, by sunrise sometimes
A                                        E
I love to hear my woman moanin', it's on again
Bm                                 A
Damn I hope you play this song again
A                                    E
The soul cleansin', the melody just rev my engine
Bm                                      D
Not a lot of things but usually just appendin', but lately
A                                        E
Been searchin' for Benjamins, saw my folks locked in the tenements
Bm                                        A
And it don't make no sense (what) children and sentencin'
A                                          E
Broadcastin' from the slums, that's why I'm writin' these sentences
Bm                                          D
Just lower my income, (what) though we ain't finish it
 
 
[Hook]
A                E
All my life been po'
Bm                            A
But it really don't matter no mo'
A                             E
And they wonder why we act this way
Bm                   D
Nappy Boys gon' be okay
A                 E
All my life been po'
Bm                           A
But it really don't matter no mo'
A                               E
And they wonder why we act this way
Bm                         D
Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
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