Chords for Lou Rawls - Dead End Street Tobacco Road

[N] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ I _ [D] _ was _ born in a city they [C] call the Windy City. _
_ [Dm] _ [D] Now they call it the Windy City because of the hawk, the almighty _ hawk.
That's the [Am] wind, boy, and it's mean in [G] the wintertime, you [D] know.
_ [Dm] See, in [A] Chicago in the winter, _ _ when the boilers would burst and the heat was all gone,
_ if you lived [Cm] in certain parts of [Bb] the city like I did near the lakefront,
[A] you had to get fully dressed before going to bed if you didn't want to freeze in your [Am] sleep.
_ _ [C]
I'd put on [D] everything but my [A] goulashes because they had buckles on them. _
[Dm] My grandmother didn't play that, see.
[A] _ _
My grandmother would say, [D] boy, if you get in bed with them goulashes on, [G] I'll try my best to kill you.
But who are you, [Dm] crazy?
_ _ [Ab]
But I was fortunate.
As soon as I was [D] big enough to get myself a [C] job, _ saved up money to get me a ticket to [Dm] catch anything,
I caught [B] the first main smoker.
Went west where I thought it would best.
Hey, _ [Am]
well, they say this is a big, rich town.
_ _ I live in the poorest part.
_ _ _ I was raised on a dead-end street [D] _ in a city [Dm] without a heart.
You know, [Am] I learned to f*** before I was six.
The only way that I could get along.
_ _ _ _ When you were raised on a dead-end street, you got to be tough and _ [Dm] strong.
_ Hey, all the guys I know are getting in [Am] trouble.
[D] That's how it's always been.
_ When the odds are all [Dm] against you, _ [Am] how can you win? _ _
How can you win?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ [Bb] _ Well, well, _
_ _ [Gm] _ yeah. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I _ _ _ _ _ was _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ born _ [C] in _ a dump. _
_ _ My mama _ _ [Cm] died and my daddy [Ebm] got drunk. _
_ _ He left me here _ _ [Eb] to die on the road.
_ _ _ [C] _ In the middle of [Gm] _ tobacco road.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I grew up in _ _ _ a rusty shack.
_ _ _ [C] _ Everything I owned [Gm] was _ hanging on my _ _ _ [C] back.
The Lord knows _ _ how _ _ I love _ _ _ _ _ this _ [Eb] place called tobacco [G] _ _ road. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ But it's home, [Fm] _ yes it is. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ The only light _ _ that I [Cm] have ever _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ known.
_ The Lord knows I [G] love _ _ _ _ _ tobacco.
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