Chords for Lou Rawls - Tobacco Road - 8/18/1991 - Newport Jazz Festival (Official)

_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] Alright.
Yes.
This next [Bb] song
is about an area I'm sure you're [C] all familiar with.
It's an area found in all of our [Bb] major cities.
[C] Most of our [Eb] small towns.
The only [Dbm] difference that you'll
find is that in each and every city and [C] town, they have their
own particular [Bb] name [Cm] for the [Bb] area.
New York City, they call
it [C] Harlem, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and a few other choice
names.
_ [Bb] Philadelphia, they call it South Philly, [Cm] North Philly,
West Philly.
Cleveland, [C] Euclid Avenue, Central Avenue,
103rd.
[Cm] St.
Louis, they call it East St.
Louis.
[C] [Bb] Atlanta,
Georgia, they call it Buttermilk [C] Bottom.
In New Orleans,
Louisiana, they call it Desire Projects.
In [Bb] Houston, Texas,
[C] they call it Second Ward, Third Ward, Fourth Ward, Fifth Ward.
In Los Angeles, they call it Watts.
In Chicago, they call it
[Bb] Chicago.
I can talk about that one.
Cause I was born [C] _ in a dump.
_ My mama died and my [Bb] daddy got
drunk.
_ [C] And he [Bb] left me here [C] to die or grow _ [N] in the middle of
tobacco road.
_ [Bb] Yes.
[Cm] I grew up in [C] a [Bb] rusty shack.
[C] _ Everything I
owned, it was hanging on [Bb] my [C] back.
And the Lord knows how I _
loathed this place [Eb] called tobacco [C] road.
_ _ [F] But it's my home.
Yes, it [Bb] is.
_ It's the [Ab] only life.
_ [B] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [D] And the [C] Lord _
[G] _ _ of [C] tobacco road. _ _
_ [G] Well, _ I'm gonna leave it [Cm] and get a job.
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
Grace of my God.
[C] I will
[Bb] save my money [Cm] and get rich I know.
And then bring it [N] back to
tobacco road.
[Bb] Yes, I will.
[G] Every time I might be [C] _ a [Bb] crane, [C] blow it [E] up and start out all
over [Bb] again.
[Cm] Build me a town [C] that I'll be proud to [Cm] show.
Keep the
name of tobacco _ [C] _
[D] road.
Cause [F] it's my home.
Yes, it [Bb] is.
_ It's the
[Ab] only life. _ _ _
[A] And I just [F] _ love [G] _
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] you because you are [C] my home.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Tobacco road.
You dirty filthy.
_ Tobacco [G] road.
Cause I guess
I'm gonna [F] make myself a crane.
[Cm] I'll blow it up, tear it down,
start out all [F] over again.
[C] On that road.
[F] _ [C] Tobacco road.
[F] _
[Cm] Tobacco
road.
[F] Tobacco [C] road.
_ [F] I love you [F] because you [C] are my home.
[F] _ [C] Tobacco road.
[F] _ _ _ _ Road.
[C] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ Talking _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ about [F] tobacco [A] _
[F] road. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] Talking about the road.
[B] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _