Forty Miles From Poplar Bluff

Written by Frank Dycus, Larry Kingston

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                                                    C
I NEVER HAD A PAIR OF SHOES, THAT WERN'T OLD HAND ME DOWNS,
                    G                               D7
AND DADDY'S MORNIN' COFFEE, CAME FROM OLD LEFT OVER GROUNDS,
   G                                         C
MY MAMA WORE NO JEWELRY, OR ANY STORE BOUGHT STUFF,
                       D7                                G
'CAUSE HOME WAS JUST A HILLSIDE, FORTY MILES FROM POPLAR BLUFF.

Chorus

      D7
FORTY MILES BACK IN MISSOURI,
          C                G
THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE,

Verse 2

        D7
WHERE A MAN THINKS OF HIS NEIGHBOR,
    C                  D7
AND NOT HIS NEIGHBOR'S WIFE,
G                                       C
LIFE IS FAR FROM FANCY, SOMETIMES KINDA ROUGH,
                         G
BUT CONTENTMENT MAKES IT WORTH IT,
      D7                G
FORTY MILES FROM POPLAR BLUFF.

Verse 3

AND IT TOOK US TO THE PLACES, WHERE WE KNEW WE'D NEVER GO,
WE NEVER HAD MUCH MONEY, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD ENOUGH,
'CAUSE MONEY NEVER MATTERED, FORTY MILES FROM POPLAR BLUFF.

Repeat Chorus

WELL, NEARLY EVERY WINTER, WHEN THE SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND,
THE ROADS WOULD ALL BE CLOSED, AND WE COULDN'T GET TO TOWN,
BUT IF DADDY HAD HIS TERBACKER, AND GRANDMA HAD HER SNUFF,
THEN THE WINTERS DIDN'T MATTER, FORTY MILES FROM POPLAR BLUFF.