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Version 1

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X:1
T:Alleluia I'm A Bum
Z:Webmaster
C:J J Husband
N:Music Hall
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
K:G
z2 D | G G G | G2 A | B B B | B z G A |
w:A la-dy came out when I Knocked on the door. You'll
d d d | e d B | B A A | A z d3/4d/4 |
w:You'll get nothing here, for I've seen you be-fore. Al-le
P:chorus
e d d3/4B/4 | A z d3/4d/4 | e d d3/4B/4 | A z d3/4d/4 |
w:lu-ia I'm A Bum Al-le-lu-ia bum ag-ain. Al-le-
e d (3B/2B/2A/2 | G G B3/4B/4 | c B A | G2 z |
w:lu-ia give us a hand-out, to re-vive us ag-ain
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W:1
W:A lady came out when I knocked on the door:
W:You'll get nothing here, for I've seen you before.
W:
W:(ch) 
W:Alleluia! I'm a bum. Alleluia! Bum again.
W:Alleluia! Give us a hand-out to revive us again.
W:
W:2 
W:"Oh, why don't you work like the other fellows do?"
W:How the hell can I work when there's no work to do?
W:
W:3 
W:"Oh, why don't you pay for your daily bread?"
W:If that's all I did I would damn soon be dead.
W:
W:4 
W:Oh, I love my boss, he's a good friend of mine,
W:And that's why I'm starving out on the bread line.

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Wikipedia:Hallelujah,_I%27m_a_Bum
Country of origin: USA

Written for the film of the same name.

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