Poor Side Of Town chords by Johnny Rivers

Chords with lyrics

Except for 'Secret Agent Man', every one of Johnny Rivers' hit singles
up to this point had been a remake of an oldie. This (one of the few
A-sides he ever wrote) became his only #1 single on 11/12/66.


             "Poor Side Of Town"
           (Johnny Rivers - Lou Adler)

Intro:

	EMaj7Emaj7           F#m7F#m7
	Doo-do-do-do-....
	EMaj7Emaj7           F#m7F#m7
	Doo-do-do-do-wah, ....

Verse 1:

	EMaj7Emaj7               F#m7F#m7
	How can you tell me ....
	EMaj7Emaj7            F#m7F#m7
	When the last time I saw ....
	A augmentedA           G#m7G#m7
	That rich guy ....
	F#m7F#m7        A augmentedA
	Must have ...
	  E MajorE         A augmentedA
	So welcome ...
	           E MajorE
	To the poor ....

	guitar [2X; played at end of each verse]:

	(E MajorE) [N.C.]
	 v   v   v   v
	-------0--0---------------
	------------0h2-0---------
	------------------0h1p0h1-
	--------------------------
	--------------------------
	-0------------------------

Verse 2:

	To him you were nothing but .....
Bridge:

	D MajorD           Gmaj7Gmaj7
	I can't blame you ...
	C majorC       B minorBm
	I'm tryin' ....
	C majorC          B minorBm
	I've got one ....
	A minorAm            G+G           BB       (EMaj7Emaj7)
	I just can't make it without .....

Verse 3:

	So tell me, are you gonna stay .....

Verse 4 [first two lines sung by background singers]:

	So tell me how much you ....

Coda [repeat to fade]:

	EMaj7Emaj7           F#m7F#m7
	Doo-do-do-do-....


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers