Keeping Up With The Joneses

C                            Am
Back in the day, back in the hills, 
we were busted,
       F                        G
made a livin' on the government dime
C                      Am        
Mama wouldn't keep her job, and 
           F                   G
the alimony check never came on time
C                      Am        
We were poor, I wasn't proud, 
                 F                 
only angry that our daddy couldn't 
     G
send us more
C                        Am      
Always embarrassed by my free 
                  F                
lunch card, and food stamps for the
      G
 grocery store

[Chorus]
                       C           
No keepin' up with the Joneses, no 
                    F
keepin' up with the Joneses
                         C         
When you're stuck on the bottom, 
                    G
you take what you can get
You say "ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh"

[Instrumental]
| (C) (Am) | (F) (G) |

C                            Am
I went to school in hand-me- downs 
from my cousin,
      F                         
baggy britches seemed to suit me 
 G
well
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C                 Am        
Kinda thin, kinda loose in the 
                     F             
middle, slouchin' in after the 
     G
tardy bell
C                           Am
The teacher never called me trash, 
but I knew what
        F                          
she was thinkin' when she looked at
 G
 me
C                     Am         
Born to be the under- class, 
                 F                 
growin' up to make a livin' on our 
   G
chari- ty

[Chorus]
                       C           
No keepin' up with the Joneses, no 
                    F
keepin' up with the Joneses
                         C         
When you're stuck on the bottom, 
                    G
you take what you can get
You say "ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh"

[Instrumental]  
| (Am) | (Am) | (Dm) | (Dm) | (Am) | (Am)
E|(| Dm) | (Dm) | 

E|(E) | (E) | 

(E) | (E) --- 

C                          Am    
Don't go lookin' down your nose 
                       F        
at me neighbor, I could spot you 
               G
from a yard a- way
C                            Am  
Don't try to judge me by the 
                       F           
clothes I'm wearing or the cars in 
     G
my drive way
C                        Am      
I'm not rich but I'm not poor any
                 F             
 longer, and I'm happy as a man 
       G
could be
C                               
I'm proud to work, I'm proud to 
Am                    F          
pay my taxes, and I'm grateful 
           G
for my fami- ly

[Chorus]
                       C           
No keepin' up with the Joneses, no 
                    F
keepin' up with the Joneses
                          C      
When you come up from the bottom, 
                       G
you love whatever you got
You say "ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh"

[Tag]
C               Am               
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 
   F
no, no, no, no, no, no
G                      C        
No keepin' up with the Joneses, no, 
Am
no, no,
F           G       C
no, no, no, no, no, no
                     Am            
Ain't nothin', ain't no one, gonna 
        F
hold me down, ain't nothin',
      G                     C
ain't no one, gonna hold me down
                     Am            
Ain't nothin', ain't no one, gonna 
        F
hold me down, no, no, no, no, no,
G   C  Am F
oh, oh --- to fade