Tom: F#m
F#m
Poor boy-
A
hailed from Mississippi
E
Had dreams
D
beyond just a family
F#m
Left home when
A
he was just seventeen
E
Never even looked
D
back till he was twenty three
F#m
By then he'd
A
been through the ringer
E
Made himself a
D
name as a singer
F#m
Read about in
A
all of the papers
E
How the boy got
D
lost in the vapors
B
Ego is a muscle
D7
C#7
just add fame and watch it swell
F#m A E D x 2
F#m
Lot of things have
A
changed since the old days
E
God bless the
D
fool who gets in your way
F#m
Too much time
A
living with your own disease
E
Too many lines
D
blurring out the boundaries
F#m
Lost friends
A
fallen by the wayside
E
Lost lovers
D
take it all in stride
F#m
Eyes closed
(Eyes Closed) still it should be plain to see
You're not the boy that you used to be
B
Ego is a muscle
D7
C#7just add fame and watch it swell
F#m A
B
Do the Hattiesburg Hustle
D7
C#7
shuffle 'em off to Hell
F#m A E D x 2
F7
Take me back in time
D
Show me things as they were
F7
Let my soul unwind
C
Take me to the place where
D
things ain't such a
E
blur
F#m A E D x 2
F#m
Poor boy-
A
hailed from Mississippi
E
Had dreams
D
beyond just a family
F#m A
B
Ego is a muscle
D7
C#7
just add fame and watch it swell
F#m A
B
Do the Hattiesburg Hustle
D7
C#7
shuffle 'em off to Hell
