Learn to play "Poor Tom" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Here's a tale of Tom Who worked the railroads long His wife would cook his meal As he would change the wheel Chorus: Poor Tom, seventh son Always knew what was going on Am E+/G# C/G C Ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom Am E+/G# C/G C F7/A And there ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom C Worked for thirty years Sharing hopes and fears Dreaming of the day He could turn and say Chorus: C Poor Tom, work is done Been lazing out in the noonday sun Am E+/G# C/G C Ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom Am E+/G# C/G F7/A C Ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom His wife was Annie Mae With any man a game she would play When Tom was out of town She couldn't keep her dresses down Chorus: Poor Tom, seventh son Always knew what was going on Ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom Ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom And so it was one day People got to Annie Mae Tom stood, a gun in his hand And stopped her running around Chorus: Poor Tom, seventh son Gotta die for what you have done All those years of work are thrown away To ease your mind is that all you can say? F7/A C But what about that grandson on your knee? Them railroad songs, Tom would sing to me There ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom Am E+/G# C/G C There ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom Am E+/G# C/G C There ain't nothing that you can hide from Tom C Hey yeah, keep-a truckin' Keep-a truckin' You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA Am C E+ F7 G G# Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Poor Tom" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Poor Tom" by Led Zeppelin.