FAED x 2 F#m A Poor boy- hailed from Mississippi E D Had dreams beyond just a family F#m A Left home when he was just seventeen E D Never even looked back till he was twenty three F#m A By then he'd been through the ringer E D Made himself a name as a singer F#m A Read about in all of the papers E D How the boy got lost in the vapors B C7 Ego is a muscle just add fame and watch it swell FAED x 2 F#m A Lot of things have changed since the old days E D God bless the fool who gets in your way F#m A Too much time living with your own disease E D Too many lines blurring out the boundaries F#m A Lost friends fallen by the wayside E D Lost lovers 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 C7 Ego is a muscle just add fame and watch it swell FAm B C7 Do the Hattiesburg Hustle shuffle 'em off to Hell FAED x 2 F7 Take me back in time D Show me things as they were F7 Let my soul unwind C D E Take me to the place where things ain't such a blur FAED x 2 F#m A Poor boy- hailed from Mississippi E D Had dreams beyond just a family FAm B C7 Ego is a muscle just add fame and watch it swell FAm B C7 Do the Hattiesburg Hustle shuffle 'em off to Hell FAED etc Shuffle 'em off to Hell .... Rpt till end and adlib . = Stop