Beggar Man

C     Am      C       Am


[Verse 1]
F                             C
Biting on the street one day, i saw 
a policeman
F                               C
He come up to me and he did say, 
what are you doin son
G                            C
I said i didnt think that i was 
doing any harm
F                                 
And then he went and moved me on, 
C                        G
said that i was taking alms

[Chorus]
Am
Have you got alms for the Beggar man
Am
Have you got alms for the Beggar man
C             G
Aaaahhh they call me the Beggar man
       C            G       Am
The Beggar maaannnn aaann, Beggar 
man
  C                   Am
Wo oh oh the Beggar man, the Beggar 
man
               C
I am the Beggar man

[Verse 2]
F                             C
So i went to another street, yeah, 
to another place
F                           
And then i started biting , i 
    C
thought that i was safe
G                            C
Then someone came up to me and 
grabbed me by the arm.
F                          C     
And it was the policemen, and i 
             G
was taking alms


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[Chorus]
Am
Have you got alms for the Beggar man
Am
Have you got alms for the Beggar man
 C            G
Aaaahhh they call me the Beggar man
  C               G         Am
The Beggar maaannnn aaann, Beggar 
man
  C                        Am
Wo oh oh the Beggar man, the Beggar 
man
                  C
I am the Beggar man


[Bridge]
    Am                 C
Have you got to bob. Can you give me
 a job
F                          C
Have you got any silver or gold
Am                        C
I dont want to steal, for my next 
meal
F                               G
i want to keep me from the cold

[Chorus]
Am
Have you got alms for the Beggar man
Am
Have you got alms for the Beggar man
  C           G
Aaaahhh they call me the Beggar man
  C               G        Am
The Beggar maaannnnaaann, Beggar man
  C                        Am
Wo oh oh the Beggar man, the Beggar 
man
                C
I am the Beggar man

[Verse 3]
F                             C
I had a wife, i had a home , i had a
 family
F                               C
Then i went and did them wrong, and 
i am so lonely
G                                
Now i walk around all day with tired
C
 aching feet
    F                         
And i am just surviving... and 
 C              G
biting on the street

[Chorus]
Am
Have you got alms for the Beggar man
Am
Have you got alms for the Beggar man
  C            G
Aaaahhh they call me the Beggar man
  C                 G       Am
The Beggar maaannnnaaann, Beggar man
    C                       Am
Wo oh oh the Beggar man, the Beggar 
man
                C
I am the Beggar man

[Other]
Am               C
The Beggar man, i am the beggar man