Hattiesburg Hustle

[ 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