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Poor Side Of Town chords
Johnny Rivers (Johnny Rivers / Lou Adler  Changes album 1966)

Capo II

D                      Em    (D Em)
Do-doo-doo-wah shoo-be-doo-be
D                      Em    (D Em)
Do-doo-doo-wah shoo-be-doo-be

D                                Em
How can you tell me how much you miss me?
D                                               Em
When the last time I saw you, you wouldn't even kiss me
     G                    F#m    Em
That rich guy you've been seeing
                  G
Must have put you down
   D                 G
So welcome back baby
                    D
To the poor side of town
e|-------------|
B|-3-3---------|
G|-----2-2-----|
D|---------4-0-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|2x (from capo)

D                                    Em
To him you were nothing but a little plaything (little plaything)
D                     Em       G
Not much more than an overnight fling
                   F#m           Em                 G
To me you were the greatest thing this boy had ever found
    D                                  G
And girl it's hard to find nice things
                    D
On the poor side of town
e|-------------|
B|-3-3---------|
G|-----2-2-----|
D|---------4-0-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|2x (from capo)

C                     F     Bb
I can't blame you for trying
                      Am
I'm trying to make it too
Bb                  Am           Gm
I've got one little hang up baby
                         F      A A7
I just can't make it without you

D                         Em
So tell me, are you gonna stay now? (gonna stay now)
D                                 Em       G
Will you stand by me girl all the way now?
               F#m  Em
With you by my side
                   G
They can't keep us down
  D                          G
Together we can make it baby
                      D
From the poor side of town
e|-------------|
B|-3-3---------|
G|-----2-2-----|
D|---------4-0-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|2x (from capo)

    D                    Em       D
(So tell me how much you love me)
                                Em
(Come be near to me and say you need me now)

         G         F#m  Em
Oh, with you by my side
                         G
This world can't keep us down
  D                          G
Together we can make it baby
                      D
From the poor side of town
e|-------------|
B|-3-3---------|
G|-----2-2-----|
D|---------4-0-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|2x (from capo)

D                      Em    (D Em)
Do-doo-doo-wah shoo-be-doo-be
D                      Em    (D Em)
Do-doo-doo-wah shoo-be-doo-be
D                      Em    (D Em)
Do-doo-doo-wah shoo-be-doo-be


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