The Poacher Acoustic Chords by Brad Brownfield

[Verse] 
 
            Em
Yeah I was feeling on my way 

I was twelve years old
         Em
Walking underneath 

a blanket of West Virginia coal
   Em
I walked right by 

a No Trespass sign
          Em
Yeah the grass loooked greener 

'cross the property line
 
 
[Verse]

   Em             
I told myself that 
   G
I would not shoot
        D           
And if anybody asked 
            A
I took the scenic route
    Em
My hands started shaking, 

I let a round go
          G         Am
From the .223 polk stock powder load
    Em
Bye bye
 
 
 
[Verse]

            Em
That I was born this way, 

who am I to be ashamed
          G              
It's the Indian blood in 
     A
the poor man's veins
  Am
I did it that time and 

I did it again
 Em                     
Started selling meat to 
 A
all of my friends
           Em
And they'd buy
  
             Em
Yeah, they'd buy
  
 
[Chorus]

                  Em               
'Cause there's a whole lotta people 
     G
who like the wild food
          D              
But they can't go hunting 
            A
'cause the monthly bills are due
     Em
The farmers grow bread and 

the kitchen cooks soup
      D                       
So I fed a lot of purpose with 
      A
the deeds that I do
 
        Em
In the trees I found 

my sweet by and by
       D  A
By and by
       Em
By and by
 
[Verse]

       Em        
Well I had to put 
                G
the fear in the DNR
      D                  
So I slashed their tires 
      A
when they were parked
     Em                  
The whole administration  
          G
they had done got scared
       D                          A
But a young new trooper caught a wild hair
 
    Em                    G
He pulled me over with a hefty load
         D
But the law don't 

own the mountain
      A                    Em  Bsus4
So I left him in the smo-o-oke
 
 
[Verse]

          Em
Well the doctors and the lawyers
         G                Em
They're good at what they do
       D
But a man needs a license
         Am
Just to hunt for some food
 
     Em
The farmers grow bread and 

the kitchen cooks soup
         D                     
But the Lord gave me a purpose 
          Am
with the deeds that I do  
 
             Em               G
Back in the trees I found my sweet
Em     D
By and by-y
A                    Em    G Em D   Am
In the sweet by and byyyyy
                     Em  Em  D  A
(In the sweet by and by)
 
 
[Break]

     Em
The Good Book says 

there's a time to heal
   Em
A time to build, a time to kill
     Em
Our Father was a carpenter
                    
He blessed me with 
          Em
the same steady hand
                      Em
And I got time to kill
 
 
[Chorus]

                  Em               
'Cause there's a whole lotta people 
     G
who like the wild food
          D              
But they can't go hunting 
            A
'cause the monthly bills are due 
     Em
The farmers grow bread and 

the kitchen cooks soup
      D                       
So I fed a lot of purpose with  
     Em
the deeds that I do
 
             Em   
Back in the trees 
            G
I found my sweet
Em     D   Am
By and by-y
                Em  Em  D  A  E
My sweet by and by

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ℹ️ About This Song

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: Cm
• Capo: 1st fret
• Chords: Em, G, D, A, Am, B, Bsus4, E
• BPM: 128
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: The Poacher
• Artist: Brad Brownfield
• Released Date: 28 November 2023