Just A Bum — Greg Brown
Chords and lyrics for Just A Bum by Greg Brown (key of C).
Verse 1
Just A Bum By Greg Brown
[C]I saw a man, he's a well-dressed man, He had a tan from the [C7]Yucatan
He had a [F]car, he looked like a star, I said, [C]Hey, don't I know who you are
But when he [G]glanced into my eyes, I [C]saw yes I saw was such a big surprise
He was [C]afraid that he's just a bum , [C7]Someday when all his stuff is gone and
he's [F]left without a [Fm]dime
Time ain't money when all ya got is [C]time,
[G]And you can see him standin on the [C]corner with a nine-day beard and his
bright red eyes
[C]I know a guy, he's a pal of mine, I say, [C7]hey. He say, I'm doin fine
[F]I'm movin up the ladder, rung rung rung, I'm gonna [C]get my million while I
am still young
[G]But at night when he's had a few, [C]His eyes say different than his tongue
They say I'm [C]afraid that I'm just a [C7]bum, Someday when all my stuff is gone
and I'm [F]left without a [Fm]dime
[C]Time ain't money when all ya got is time
And you can [G]see me standin on the corner with a [C]nine-day beard and my
bright red eyes
Goin [C]hey, hey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story, [F]hey, hey hey hey
[C]hey, ah [G]hey
[C]Some people live to work, work to live, [C7]Any little tremble and the earth
might give
[F]Ya can't hide it in a Volvo or a London Fog, Can't [C]hide it in a mansion
with an imported dog
[G]No matter how we plan and rehearse, [C]we're at a pink slip's mercy in a paper
universe
They say [C]we’re afraid that we’re [C7]just a bum, Someday when all our stuff is
gone and[F] we’re left [Fm]without a dime
[C]Time ain't money when all we got is time
And you can [G]see us standin’ on the corner with a [C]nine-day beard and our
bright red eyes
Goin [C]hey, hey hey hey hey, come on and listen to our story,[F] hey, hey hey
hey [C]hey, ah[G] hey
[C]The man of sorrow's acquainted with grief, [C7]Stands in line waiting for
relief
[F]He will tell ya it wasn't always this way, One bad [C]little thing happened
one bad little day
[G]Heartbreak has bad teeth and a sour [C]smell and lives when he can in a cheap
hotel
They say [C]he’s afraid that he’s just[C7] a bum, Someday when all his stuff is
gone and [F]he’s left [Fm]without a dime
[C]Time ain't money when all he got is time
And you can [G]see him standin’ on the corner with a[C] nine-day beard and his
bright red eyes
Goin [C]hey, hey hey hey hey, come on and listen to my story, [F]hey, hey hey hey
[C]hey, ah [G]hey
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