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#7just 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