How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?

By Blind Alfred Reed
Rise Up Singing chapter: Rich and Poor, p.181
Chords:
D A D - / - - A - / D - G D / - A D -

There was once a time when everything was cheap
But now prices nearly put a man to sleep
When we pay our grocery bill we just a-feel like making our will
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?