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"Poverty Train"
(Laura Nyro)

Intro (guitars):

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[fuzz]	      [acoustic]           [bass]

Last call for the poverty train

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-6--------6---5B6--
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[acoustic]

Abmaj7 (vibes - there's a high D on acoustic bass in there)
Last call for the poverty train

piano (transcribed, admittedly an octave lower, for guitar) [2X]:

CC Piano Chord 
                          Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 

v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v
-0-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
-1-----------|-1-------1---|-3-----------|-3-----------|
-0-----------|-0-------0---|-2h3-----2---|-0-----------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|---------3---|
-3-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|

F/BbF/Bb Piano Chord 
                        F/AF/A Piano Chord 

v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|-1-----------|
-2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|
-3-------3---|---------3---|-3-------3---|---------3---|
-1-----------|-------------|-0-----------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Verse 1:

CC Piano Chord 
             Gm/CGm/C Piano Chord 
     F/BbF/Bb Piano Chord 
        F/AF/A Piano Chord 

It looks good and dirty on shiny light strip
CC Piano Chord 
        Gm/CGm/C Piano Chord 
         F/BbF/Bb Piano Chord 
       F/AF/A Piano Chord 

And if you don't get beat you got yourself a trip
Eb/AbEb/Ab Piano Chord 
          Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 
            Eb/AbEb/Ab Piano Chord 
          Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 

You can see the walls roar, see your brains on the floor
Eb/AbEb/Ab Piano Chord 
         Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 
           Eb/AbEb/Ab Piano Chord 
      Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 

Become God, become cripple, become funky and split
Fm7Fm7 Piano Chord 

Why was I born
F/GF/G Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 

No-no-no-no  whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no

Verse 2:

Oh baby, I just saw the Devil and he's smilin' at me
I heard my bones cry, Devil why's it got to be
Devil played with my brother, Devil drove my mother
Now the tears in the gutter are floodin' the sea
Why was I born
No-no-no-no  whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no

Verse 3:

Oh baby, it looks good and dirty, them shiny lights glow
A million night tramps, tricks and tracks will come and go
Eb/AbEb/Ab Piano Chord 
            Dm7Dm7 Piano Chord 

You're starvin' today
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
 Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
  Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 

But who cares anyway
F/GF/G Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
            Gm7/CGm7/C Piano Chord 
 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Piano Chord 
 Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
 Cm7Cm7 Piano Chord 

Baby, it feels like I'm dyin'   now

Coda:

I swear there's something better than
Abmaj7 (vibes)
Getting off on sweet cocaine
[C]					[single note]
It feels so good
Absus2 [468xxx]         Dbsus4 [xxx674]
It feels so good
[G] [F]
Gettin' off the poverty train
Gm7/CGm7/C Piano Chord 

Mornin'...

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers