Chords for Lou Rawls - Tobacco Road *coaster380*

Tempo:
84.2 bpm
Chords used:

C

A

Cm

Bb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lou Rawls - Tobacco Road  *coaster380* chords
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[C] Cause I was born in a dump
My mama died and my daddy got drunk
He left me here to die or grow
In the middle of tobacco road
I grew up in a rusty shack
All I own were [Gm] hands on my back
The Lord knows [Eb] how I love
[C] This place called tobacco road
[D] [Em] [Eb] But it's a hole, yeah
[Ebm]
[Cm] The only life I've ever [C] known
[Dm] And the Lord [A] knows [Eb] [C] tobacco road
[F] [C] Hey, [G] how you got Thomas Jolt on the [Gm] piano again, [C] folks?
[Ebm] [Bb]
[C] [G] [Abm] [C]
[Abm] [C] [Bb]
[C] [Ebm] [Bb] [Cm]
[Abm] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [A] [G]
[Cm] [C] [F]
[C] [G] [Bb] [C]
I'm gonna leave and get a [Bb] job
[C] [Bb] Get the [C] help and the grace of a [C] God
[Bb] Save my money [C] [Eb] and get rich I know
[C] And bring it back to tobacco [Bb] road
[C]
The [Bb] bottle and [Cm] the crane
[Ebm] Blow it up [Cm] and start all [Gm] over again
[Cm] And I'll build a [Bb] town [Cm] I'll be [Gm] proud to [Cm] show
And keep the name tobacco road
[D]
[E] [Eb] The only, yeah, yeah
[A] The only life I've [C] [C]
ever known
I [Dm] despise [Gm] you cause you're filthy
[C] But I love you [F] because [C] [G] you're my home
[C] Hey, at tobacco road
[A]
[C] [A] You're dirty [C] and you're filthy [A] Tobacco [C] road
Get [Gm]
[C] me some dynamite [Dm] and I'll bring [C] me a [Gb] crane
[Cm] And blow [C] it up I'll tear [A] it down
[C] All over again
And [A] I'll blow you up
[Cm] [A]
[C] Because [F] you're [C] my home
[A] But you're [C] dirty and you're filthy
[A] Tobacco [C] road
[F] I'm gonna [C] blow you up
[A] I'm gonna [C] tear you down
[A] I'll build [C] me a town and [F] I'll be proud [C] to show
[A] I'll keep the name
I'm gonna [C] keep my name
[A] I'm gonna [C] keep the name
[A] Tobacco [C] road
[A] Tobacco [C] road
[A] [C] Tobacco road Tobacco road
[F] [C]
[Eb] [C]
Talking about [B] tobacco road
[N] [Eb]
[C] [E] [Gm]
[C]
[Ebm]
Key:  
C
3211
A
1231
Cm
13421113
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
C
3211
A
1231
Cm
13421113
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[C] Cause I was born in a dump
_ My mama died and my daddy got drunk
He left me here to die or grow
In the middle of tobacco road
_ _ I grew up in _ a rusty shack _ _
All I own were [Gm] hands on my back
_ The Lord knows [Eb] how I love _
[C] This place called tobacco road
_ _ [D] _ [Em] [Eb] But it's a hole, yeah
[Ebm] _ _ _
[Cm] The only life I've ever [C] known _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] And the _ Lord [A] knows _ [Eb] _ _ [C] tobacco road
[F] _ [C] Hey, [G] how you got Thomas Jolt on the [Gm] piano again, [C] folks?
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ [G] _ [Abm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _
[Abm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C]
I'm gonna leave and get a [Bb] job
[C] _ [Bb] Get the [C] help and the grace of a [C] God _
[Bb] Save my money [C] [Eb] and get rich I know
[C] And bring it back to tobacco _ [Bb] road
_ [C]
The [Bb] bottle and [Cm] _ the crane
_ [Ebm] Blow it up [Cm] and start all [Gm] over again
[Cm] And I'll build a [Bb] town [Cm] I'll be [Gm] proud to [Cm] show
And keep the name tobacco road
_ [D] _ _
[E] _ [Eb] _ The only, yeah, yeah
_ [A] The only life I've _ [C] _ _ _ _ [C]
ever known
I _ [Dm] _ despise [Gm] you cause you're filthy
[C] But I love you [F] because [C] [G] you're my home
[C] Hey, at tobacco road
[A] _ _
[C] _ [A] You're dirty [C] and you're filthy [A] Tobacco [C] road
Get _ [Gm]
[C] me some dynamite [Dm] and I'll bring [C] me a [Gb] crane
[Cm] And blow [C] it up I'll tear [A] it down
[C] All over again
And [A] I'll blow you up
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [A] _
[C] Because _ [F] you're [C] my home
[A] But you're [C] dirty and you're filthy
[A] Tobacco [C] road
[F] I'm gonna [C] blow you up
[A] I'm gonna [C] tear you down
[A] I'll build [C] me a town and [F] I'll be proud [C] to show
[A] I'll keep the name
I'm gonna [C] keep my name
[A] I'm gonna [C] keep the name
[A] Tobacco [C] road
[A] Tobacco _ [C] road
[A] _ [C] Tobacco road Tobacco road
[F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Talking about [B] tobacco road
[N] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [E] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _

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