The strum pattern for this song has many ups in it, you can customize it to fit the way 
you play the song if you'd like.

Strum pattern:
D U U D D U U U D, played through chorus and verses.


             
Early in the e

            
venin'   just 

              
about supper t


ime,  over by 

the courthouse

,

            
they're starti

             
ng to unwind, 

             
four kids on t

             
he corner,  tr

ying to bring 

you up,

              
Willy picks a 

              
tune out and h

            
e blows it on 

     
the harp.




                                                
             
Down on the co

  
rner,  out in 

the street,  W

illy and the P

oorboys are pl

ayin'

            
bring a nickel

             
,  tap your fe

et.




             
Rooster hits t

              
he washboard, 

            
and people jus

         
t gotta smile,

  Blinky thump

s the

                                                          
  
gut bass and s

olos for awhil

e.  Poor-boy t

wangs the rhyt

hm out on his

              
Kalamazoo.  An

              
d Willy goes i

              
n to a dance a

            
nd doubles on 

    
Kazoo.




                                                
             
Down on the co

  
rner,  out in 

the street,  W

illy and the P

oorboys are pl

ayin'

            
bring a nickel

             
,  tap your fe

et.



             
You don't need

            
 a penny just 

           
to hang around

,  but if you 

got a nickel w

on't

            
you lay your m

            
oney down.  Ov

              
er on the corn

     
er, there's a 

happy noise,

              
people come fr

              
om all around 

            
to watch the m

      
agic boy.


(Repeat chorus several times &  fade)

                                                
             
Down on the co

  
rner,  out in 

the street,  W

illy and the P

oorboys are pl

ayin'

            
bring a nickel

             
,  tap your fe

et.