Transcribed by Jared White.

4/4 time, MM = 92.


INTRO:

||-----3-----2-3---|-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-----2-----2-2---|-----3---7-6-5-3-|-----3---5-3---2-|-----5-----5-----|
||-----2-----2-2---|---2-------------|---4-----4-4---4-|---4-----3-----2-|
||-----------------|-0-----4s7-6-5-4-|-------------x---|-------2---------|
||-0-----0-------2-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------x---|
||-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3---------|-2---------------|


                                                       2/4
|-----2-----------|-----0-----0-----|-----3---3-3-----|---------|
|---5-----4-4-----|-----------------|-----2---2-2---2-|---------|
|---------2-2-----|---7-7---7-7---6-|-----2---2-2-----|---------|
|-----------------|-------6-------7-|-----------------|-------0-|
|-2-----2-----x-2-|-7-----------x---|-0-----0-----x---|-0-2-4---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|


 4/4
|------2-----------|-----2-----2-----||
|----3-3---7-6-5-3-|-----3-----3-----||
|--2---2-----------|---2-----2-----2-||
|-(0)----4s7-6-5-4-|-0-----0---------||
|------------------|-------------x---||
|------------------|-----------------||


VERSE:

||------3-----3-----|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-----------2-----|
||------3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|-----5-----5-----|-----3-----5-----|
||*---4-----4-----2-|---4-----4-----4-|---3-----3-----2-|-----4---4-----2-|
||*-------------x---|-----------------|-------2---------|-------2---------|
||------------------|-2-----2-----x---|-------------x---|-2-----------x---|
||--3-----3---------|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|
  I was feeling lost and kind of ill So I wrote to God on my last dollar
bill


|-----------------|-----2-----------|-----3-----3-----|-------------0---||
|-----2---0-2-----|-----3-----------|-----2-----2-x---|-7-6-5-2-----3---||
|-----2-----2---2-|-----2---2-----2-|---2-----4-----7-|-----------2-----||
|-------2---------|-0-----0---------|-----------------|-7-6-5-2-0-------||
|-0-----------x---|-----------4-2---|-0-----0---------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2-||
      My finances were nil                   Please God he-lp me


CHORUS:

||-----------------|-----0-----0-----|-----------------|------0-----0-----|
||-----3---5-3-----|-----5-----5-----|-----4---4-4---2-|------------------|
||---4-4---4-4---2-|---4-----3-----2-|-----2---2-2---2-|----7-7---7-7---6-|
||-----------------|-------2---------|-----------------|--------6-------7-|
||-------------x---|-------------x---|-2-----2-----x---|-s7-----------x---|
||-3-----3---------|-2---------------|-----------------|------------------|
        I'm so poor, Send me something to wear and something to eat, cos I


|-----------3-----|-----------------|-----------3-----|
|-----2---0-2---0-|-----------------|-----2---0-2---0-|
|-----2-----2-----|-----------2-----|-----2-----2-----|
|-------2---------|---------0-------|-----------------|
|-0-----------x---|-0-2-4-2-----4-2-|-0-----0-----x---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
want to cross over onto easy street, I want to cross over onto

 ............................................... ...........................
 1,2,3.                                        |  4.                       |
 2/4       4/4                                 |                           |
|---------|-----2-----------|-----2-----2------||---------------|---0------||
|---------|-----3---7-6-5-3-|-----3-----3------||-------------3-|----------||
|---------|-----2-----------|---2-----2-----2-*||-----------2-2-|---7------||
|---------|-0-----4s7-6-5-4-|-0-----0---------*||-------0-------|--10------||
|-0-2-4-2-|-----------------|-------------x----||-0-2-4---------|---(b9)-----||
|---------|-----------------|------------------||---------------|-s10------||
  ea-sy     street                                ea-sy street


ALTERNATIVE FOR FIRST THREE BARS OF CHORUS:

||-----------------|---0-0-----0-----|-----------------|
||-----3-----5-----|---5-5-----5-----|-----4---4-4-----|
||---4-4---4-4---2-|---4-4---3-----2-|-----2---2-2---7-|
||-----------------|-------2---------|------------s6---|
||-------------x---|-------------x---|-2-----2---------|
||-3-----3---------|-2---------------|-----------------|
          I'm so poor,         Send me something to wear...


LYRICS:

I was feeling lost, and kind of ill
So I wrote to God on my last dollar bill
My finances were nil
Please God, help me

  I'm so poor
  Send me something to wear
  And something to eat
  'Cos I want to cross over onto easy street
  (Yes) I want to cross over onto easy street

I think I can see you through this fog of doom
You look like the type that rides on a broom
But can you tell me where I can rent a room
Please God, help me

Walking through the park at half-past nine
I met a bum who was drinking cheap wine
He said "Here have some of mine"
Please God, help me

Mister it looks like you've got money alright
I just wish you hadn't asked me to spend the night
I guess I'll go without a fight
Please God, help me