[ 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 ] 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 ] [ C7 ] 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 ] [ C7 ] just add fame and watch it swell
[ F#m A ]
[ B ] do the hattiesburg hustle [ D7 ] [ C7 ] 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 ] [ C7 ] just add fame and watch it swell
[ F#m A ]
[ B ] do the hattiesburg hustle [ D7 ] [ C7 ] shuffle ’em off to hell
[ F#m A E D ] etc
shuffle ’em off to hell . . . . rpt till end and adlib
[ . ] = stop
[ 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 ] 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 ] [ C7 ] 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 ] [ C7 ] just add fame and watch it swell
[ F#m A ]
[ B ] do the hattiesburg hustle [ D7 ] [ C7 ] 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 ] [ C7 ] just add fame and watch it swell
[ F#m A ]
[ B ] do the hattiesburg hustle [ D7 ] [ C7 ] shuffle ’em off to hell
[ F#m A E D ] etc
shuffle ’em off to hell . . . . rpt till end and adlib
[ . ] = stop
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