POOR BOY
Razzy Bailey
Album: The RCA Years(1978-1984)
Submitted by: Christopher R.
5/28/2024

Intro: (A) (Bm/A) (A) (Bm/A) 

(A) In Alabama, where I was born
Knee-high in cotton, blue jeans were worn
(D) I was a dreamer, signing my songs in the (A) sun (Bm/A) 

(A) Way up in Memphis, they were playing the blues
So I bought me a guitar, and put on my shoes
Cause (D) just like a river, I reckon I was born to (A) run (Bm/A)

  (A) When the (E) Mississippi moon in shining
  And the riverboats passing by
  Those old weepin' willows keep on crying'
  (Bm) Son, you (A/C#) better (D) reach for (D#dim) the (E7) sky
  (D/A) Poor (A) boy
  (Bm/A) Poor (A) boy
  (E) All alone (A/E) (E)
  (D/A) Poor (A) boy
  (Bm/A) Poor (A) boy
  (E) Holding on
  Chasing my dreams with a (A) song (Bm7/A) 

(A) (Bm7/A) (A) (Bm7/A) (A) (Bm7/A) 

I ride a bus now, me and my band
Takin' our music all over this land
Been singing the kind of songs you know I believe in

Just like the sunshine sets in the west
Somethin' keeps burning and it won't let me rest
I can't let it go - I've got to hold on to this feelin'

(REPEAT CHORUS)

(A) (Bm/A) (A) (Bm/A) 

(FADE OUT)