Johnny Rivers – Poor Side Of Town (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Johnny Rivers (Johnny Rivers / Lou Adler Changes album 1966) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Side_of_Town 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
* Alternate: Open D = E Em = F#m G = A F#m = Abm C = D F = G Bb = C Am = Bm Gm = Am A = B A7 = B7 Set8