Tobacco Road Chords by Billy Lee Riley

Tempo:
116.8 bpm
Chords used:

F#

E

B

F#m

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billy Lee Riley- Tobacco Road chords
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[F#]
[E] [F#] I was born in a dump.
Mama died and Daddy got drunk.
He left me here through time of growth.
[F#m] Right [B] in the middle of tobacco road.
[F#]
[E] [F#] Raised a fist [F#m] for a russian shine.
[F#] All I had was a hand on my [E] [F#] back.
The Lord knows how much I love this place, tobacco road.
Yeah, [C#] but [B] it's home.
[B] The only place I [F#] ever know.
And [B]
Lord [C#] knows [B] I love [C#]
[F#] tobacco road.
[F#m]
[F#]
[Em] [F#] [F#m]
[E] [F#]
Gonna [E] leave [F#] and get a job.
With the help and the grace of my God.
Make some [E] money, [F#] get rich I know.
[E] Bring it on back to tobacco road.
[F#]
[E] [F#]
Bring down a mighty and a crane.
I'll blow it up and start all over again.
I'll build a town, be proud to show.
Keep the [B] name tobacco [F#] road.
[B] [G#]
Key:  
F#
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E
2311
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
E
2311
B
12341112
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To learn Billy Lee Riley - Tobacco Road chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: F#, F#m and F#. The tempo control on ChordU helps you begin at a comfortable speed and increase as you learn. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: B Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] I was born _ in a dump.
_ Mama died and Daddy got drunk.
He left me here through time of growth.
[F#m] Right [B] in the middle of tobacco road.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ Raised a fist [F#m] for a russian shine.
[F#] _ All I had was a hand on my [E] [F#] back.
The Lord knows how much I love _ this place, tobacco road. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, [C#] but [B] it's home. _ _ _
[B] The only place I [F#] ever know.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And [B] _
Lord [C#] knows [B] I love _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [F#] tobacco road. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [Em] _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Gonna [E] leave [F#] and get a job. _
With the help and the grace of my God. _
Make some [E] money, [F#] get rich I know.
[E] Bring it on back to tobacco road.
[F#] _ _
_ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Bring down a mighty and a crane.
I'll blow it up and start all over again.
_ I'll build a town, _ be proud to show.
Keep the [B] name tobacco [F#] road. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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