Biography:
Patty Griffin (born Patricia Jean Griffin on March 16, 1964, in Old Town, Maine) is an American Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and musician. Known for her stripped-down songwriting style centered around the folk music genre, her songs have been covered by a host of musicians including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, Rory Block, and the Dixie Chicks. In 2007, she was the recipient of the Americana Music Association's "Artist of the Year" award and her album, Children Running Through, won for "Best Album".
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Other songs:
- Go Wherever You Wanna Go
- Heavenly Day
- Long Ride Home
- Rain
- 10 Million Miles
- A Place To Stand
- All The Rain
- Angels Flying Too Close To The Ground
- Backwater Blues
- Be Careful
- Blue Sky
- Boston
- Burgundy Shoes
- Calling Me Home
- Carry Me
- Christina
- Cold As It Gets
- Coming Home To Me
- Crying Over
- Dear Old Friend
- Dont Let Me Die In Florida
- Every Little Bit
- Faithful Son
- Florida
- Forgiveness
- Forgivness
- Get Ready Marie
- Gonna Miss You When Youre Gone
- Goodbye
- Highway Song
- House Of Gold
- Hurt A Little While
- I Smell A Rat
- Icicles
- If I Had My Way
- Kite Song
- Let Him Fly
- Little Fire
- Love Throw A Line
- Making Pies
- Mary
- Mil Besos
- Mom And Dads Waltz
- Moon Song
- Moses
- Mother Of God
- Never Grow Old
- No Bad News
- Nobodys Crying
- Not A Bad Man
- One Big Love
- Peter Pan
- Poor Mans House
- Railroad Wings
- Rowing Song
- Shine A Different Way
- Someone Elses Tomorrow
- Sweet Lorraine
- That Kind Of Lonely
- Time Will Do The Talking
- Tony
- Top Of The World
- Trapeze
- Up To The Mountain
- Useless Desires
- Waiting For My Child
- We Are Water
- We Shall Be Reunited
- What You Are
- When It Dont Come Easy
- Wiggley Fingers
- Wild Old Dog
- You Are Not Alone
- You Can Feel Bad
- You Never Get What
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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 16:23:00 -0500
From: Scott Antall
To: "'[email protected]'"
Subject: CRD: g/griffin_patty/poor_mans_house.crd
Poor Man's House
Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin
from the "Living With Ghosts" album
Chords transcribed by Scott Antall ([email protected])
(with the help of my guitar instructor!!)
Tuning: "Dropped D" - This is easy - just tune the bass E string down one
whole step. (This way, when you play the D chord, you can strum all the
strings.)
DADGBE - Capo at first fret
D (000232) D* (000235 to 0000232) A (002220) G (X20033)
D* Explanation - start with (000235) then bring the pinkie down one fret
each time (000234, 000233) until you get to a regular D (000232). Make
sense? Listen to the album for more detail.
Intro [D* D*]
[D*] you know you've done enough when every bone is sore
[D*] you know you've prayed enough when you don't ask any more
[D*] you know you're coming to some kind of understanding
[D*] when every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're still standing
[G] mama says [A] god tends [Bm] to every little skinny sheep [A]
[G] so count your ribs [A] and say your [D] prayers and get to sleep
[G] nothing is [A] louder to god's [Bm] ears than a poor mans sorrow [A]
[G] daddy is poor today and [A] he will be poor tomorrow [G A]
[A] hey that's the [G] poor man's [D] house
[A] everybody get a [G] look at the poor mans [D] house
[A] everywhere they [G] went before must have [D] turned them out
[A] and now they're [G] living in a poor mans [D] house
[D* D*]
[D*] there's nothing like poverty to get you into heaven
[D*] they got a lot of wine and fish up there and the bread's unleavened
[D*] they got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack
[D*] lots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs
[G] daddy's been [A] working too much for [Bm] days and days he doesn't eat
[A]
[G] he never [A] says much but i [D] think this time it's got him beat
[G] it isn't that [A] he isn't [Bm] strong or kind or clever [A]
[G] your daddy's poor today and he will be [A] poor forever [G A]
[A] hey that's the [G] poor man's [D] house
[A] those kids are [G] living in a poor mans [D] house
[A]they walk to [G] school with the soles of their [D] shoes worn out
[A] and come home in the [G] evening to the poor mans [D] house
[G] what are you chopping that wood for
[A] why are you growing that corn
[G] mama's sewing a brand new shirt and [A] you're wearing the one that's
torn
[G]i guess it's for some one elses kid [A] who wasn't born in a poor [D]
man's [G] house
a poor [D] man's [G] house
[A] hey take a [G] look at that [D] house
[A] everybody we're [G] living in a poor mans [D] house
[A] seems like every[G]where we go they [D] find us out
[A] find out that we've been [G] living in a poor mans [D] house
[D* twice and then bang on
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 16:23:00 -0500
From: Scott Antall
To: "'[email protected]'"
Subject: CRD: g/griffin_patty/poor_mans_house.crd
Poor Man's House
Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin
from the "Living With Ghosts" album
Chords transcribed by Scott Antall ([email protected])
(with the help of my guitar instructor!!)
Tuning: "Dropped D" - This is easy - just tune the bass E string down one
whole step. (This way, when you play the D chord, you can strum all the
strings.)
DADGBE - Capo at first fret
D (000232) D* (000235 to 0000232) A (002220) G (X20033)
D* Explanation - start with (000235) then bring the pinkie down one fret
each time (000234, 000233) until you get to a regular D (000232). Make
sense? Listen to the album for more detail.
Intro [D* D*]
[D*] you know you've done enough when every bone is sore
[D*] you know you've prayed enough when you don't ask any more
[D*] you know you're coming to some kind of understanding
[D*] when every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're still standing
[G] mama says [A] god tends [Bm] to every little skinny sheep [A]
[G] so count your ribs [A] and say your [D] prayers and get to sleep
[G] nothing is [A] louder to god's [Bm] ears than a poor mans sorrow [A]
[G] daddy is poor today and [A] he will be poor tomorrow [G A]
[A] hey that's the [G] poor man's [D] house
[A] everybody get a [G] look at the poor mans [D] house
[A] everywhere they [G] went before must have [D] turned them out
[A] and now they're [G] living in a poor mans [D] house
[D* D*]
[D*] there's nothing like poverty to get you into heaven
[D*] they got a lot of wine and fish up there and the bread's unleavened
[D*] they got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack
[D*] lots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs
[G] daddy's been [A] working too much for [Bm] days and days he doesn't eat
[A]
[G] he never [A] says much but i [D] think this time it's got him beat
[G] it isn't that [A] he isn't [Bm] strong or kind or clever [A]
[G] your daddy's poor today and he will be [A] poor forever [G A]
[A] hey that's the [G] poor man's [D] house
[A] those kids are [G] living in a poor mans [D] house
[A]they walk to [G] school with the soles of their [D] shoes worn out
[A] and come home in the [G] evening to the poor mans [D] house
[G] what are you chopping that wood for
[A] why are you growing that corn
[G] mama's sewing a brand new shirt and [A] you're wearing the one that's
torn
[G]i guess it's for some one elses kid [A] who wasn't born in a poor [D]
man's [G] house
a poor [D] man's [G] house
[A] hey take a [G] look at that [D] house
[A] everybody we're [G] living in a poor mans [D] house
[A] seems like every[G]where we go they [D] find us out
[A] find out that we've been [G] living in a poor mans [D] house
[D* twice and then bang on
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