[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][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#7]just 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
[F#m A E D] etc
Shuffle 'em off to Hell .... Rpt till end and adlib
[.] = Stop
