...........................A................E yesterday was a very fine day indeed D.................................A.......................................E I got up outta bed went outside and brushed my teeth put on dirty clothes and go back to work I gotta get the money to give the money away at the rich man's store I live on a place they call south front street it ain't on a map you couldn't find me if you tried we got a horse, and a train, and a garden in the backyard it's a rotten paradise, at times I think I'm gonna die they try to drag me down they try to drag me down I get back up, I get back up again I get back up, I get back up again here come the powerman with the waterman by his side looks like the telephoneman gave them a ride they killed my house and left me this way I bought a kerosene lamp and baby you know I don't bathe they try to drag me down they try to drag me down I get back up, I get back up again I get back up, I get back up again