| C | G | D | Em | |
| S | ky was bl | ack, Lord, r | ain came pouring d | own |
| C | G | D | Am | |
| Nu | mber 12 bus shu | ffling down S | haw Road w | ay |
| C | G | D | Em | |
| M | ules keep spin | ning, black-faced li | fers peck the gr | ound |
| C | G | D | Am | |
| S | un comes up like lig | htning over Ta | ndle Hills g | rey |
| Ch. |
| G | Am | |
| We are m | ill boys, stuck on the h | ill boys |
| C | F | G | |
| Stuck in the m | ill boys, 't | ill our dying d | ay |
| Ch. on Poor Boy Blues (Solo) |
| C | G | D | Em | |
| Co | tton mill will g | et you, boy, she'll t | ake you to your g | rave |
| C | G | D | Am | |
| Te | ll you boy to u | se your head, app | rentice out your d | ays |
| C | G | D | Em | |
| Yo | u'll end up in nothing, boy, with cott | on as your trade |
| C | G | D | Am | |
| S | un comes up like lig | htning over Ta | ndle Hills g | rey |
| Ch. *2 |
| C | G | |
| It's e | asy to see a | poor boy's blues |
| Am | G | |
| When he's wo | rking every d | ay |
| C | G | |
| It's ha | rder to be there i | n his shoes |
| Am | G | |
| He was b | orn to be that w | ay |
| Barclay James Harvest.Everyone is everybody else.1974. |
| Chords by AMJ. |