Tobacco Road chords by The Nashville Teens

Tobacco Road chords
The Nashville Teens 1964  (John D. Loudermilk 1960)

C/D 4x

D          C/D  D        C/D
I was born      in a bunk
D                            C     C/D
Mother died and my daddy got drunk
D              C/D  D          C/D
Left me here to     die or grow
                         C   C/D
In the middle of Tobacco Road

D           C/D  D          C/D
Grew up in a     dusty shack
D                                 C    C/D
And all I had was a'hangin' on my back
D            C/D  D           C/D
Only you know     how I loathe
                          C
This place called Tobacco Road

         C
But it's home
              C7        D
The only life I've ever known
     D7             G
Only you know how I loathe
        D
Tobacco Road

C/D 12x

D                  C/D  D        C/D
I'm gonna leave and     get a job
D                                 C   C/D
With the help and the grace from above
D                   C/D  D          C/D
Save some money, get     rich I know
                         C   C/D
Bring it back to Tobacco Road

D             C/D  D          C/D
Bring Dynamite     and a crane
D                               C   C/D
Blow you up, start it all over again
D              C/D  D            C/D
Build a town be     proud to show
                      C
Give the name Tobacco Road

           C
Cause it's home
              C7        D
The only life I've ever known
        D7            G
Oh I despise and disapprove you
                           D
But I love ya, 'cause it's home


C/D 8x


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