Verse
G C
Poor boy he was traveling
G D
The king of the road
G C
Poor boy he got hungry,
D G
He didn't even have no where to go.
Instrumental
G C G D
G C D G
Verse
G C
Poor boy says I hate for
G D
That evening sun going down,
G C
The curb, the rocks are my pillow
D G
And the cold ground my sleeping place.
Instrumental
G C G D
G C D G
Verse
G C
Poor boy's mama come to see him,
G D
Frightened, sad and prison bound,
G C
When she looked and see him,
D G
How she went to screaming and crying.
Instrumental
G C G D
G C D G
Verse
G C
Take back your old mother,
G D
Poor boy now is prison bound,
G C
Oh she kneeled on her knee,
D G
How old mother screams and cries.
Instrumental
G C G D
G C D G
Verse
G C
Oh she said goodbye,
G D
Your mama's gonna leave lone,
G C
She said if you be a good boy,
D G
You will be home by and by.