Tobacco Road Chords by Lou Rawls

_ _ [C] I was born _ in a dump
My mama died and my daddy got drunk
He left me here to [Bb] die or grow
[C] _ [Eb] In the middle of tobacco road
I _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [D] grew up in [C] a rusty shack
_ All I owned was a [Bb] hanging on my back
[C] _ God [Bb] [C] knows [Gb] how I love [C] _ [N]
this place called tobacco road _
But [A] it's home, _ _ the _ only life I've ever [Gm] known
_ _ _ _ [G] But the Lord _ [F] knows I love _ [C] tobacco road
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[Eb] _ _ [Am] _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _
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[Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _
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[F] _ [C] _ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _ [Db] I'm gonna leave [Am] and [Abm] get a [Eb] job _
With [C] the help and the grace of God
I'll save my money and get rich I know
Bring it back to tobacco road
Bring _ _ _ _ dynamite _ [Bb] and a crane
[C] _ [N] Blow it up and start all over [Bb] again
[C] _ I'll build [Bb] a [C] town and be proud to [Bb] show
[C] And [Ab] keep the [A] name tobacco road
Cause it's home, [Dm] yeah
_ [F] The only [Gm] life [A] [C] I've ever known
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_ _ _ _ [G] I despise you [Fm] cause you filthy
But [C] I love [F] you [C] cause you're home
Tobacco road, tobacco road
_ You're dirty and you're filthy Tobacco road
[F] I'm [C] gonna get me some dynamite
And bring me a crane
Blow it up _ and start all over again
Tobacco road, tobacco road
I love you because you're home _
[F] [C] Dirty and filthy Tobacco road _
I'm gonna blow you [F] up
[C] Tear you down
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