D5 A5 D5 

D5 G5 
Well, if rich was having money, I reckon I was poor 
D5 A5 
If success was being good, I was bad down to the core 
D5 G5 
Cause the times were hard and lonesome and the thrills were stricktly cheap 
D5 A5 D5 
But the nights were warm and hazy and the women soft and sweet 


G5 D5 
And laughter filled my throat and music filled my ears 
A5 D5 
And dreams filled my head in the lean and hungry years 


D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 

D5 G5 
With the lowdown and the workers, with the no pound and no good 
D5 A5 
Trust was something sacred, I knew where I stood 
D5 G5 
Yeah, I knew I could count on when the burdens got too great 
D5 A5 D5 
When the bad news came too early and the good news came too late 


G5 D5  
I roared out all my anger and I choke back all my tears 
A5 D5 
That's how you make it through those lean and hungry years 


D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 

D5 G5 
Well, a dollar was an angel and a fool was a king 
D5 A5 
And any old excuse was good enough to sing 
D5 G5 
All those songs that weren't so pretty, they were ragged, but they were right 
D5 A5 D5 
And they were all you had some times to get you through the night 


G5 D5 
When right outside your window were a million doubts and fears 
A5 D5 
A song to keep you warm and those lean and hungry years 


D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 

G5 D5 
When right outside your window were a million doubts and fears 
A5 D5 
A song to keep you warm and those lean and hungry years 


D5 G5 A5 D5