Rainbow Road chords by Dan Penn

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Verse 1
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I was born of a poor, man
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All my life I've had a
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hard workin' hands
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But I sang the song as I carried my load
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For I  had a dream about
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a rainbow road
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Then one day a stranger came along
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He heard me play and sang my song
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He bought me fine clothes
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and paid the money I owe
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And put me on the way to the rain, oh no
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But I didn't quite make it
to Rainbow Road
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Cause some hard  luck came to me
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And that easy life on Easy Street
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all ended in tragedy
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One night a man with a knife
forced me to take his life
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Though I pleaded with him desperately
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But the jury showed no mercy
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when they placed this sentence on me
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Now I've pulled along
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this ball and chain,
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and wear  this number for my name
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My dreams, like a moon,
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have all grown old,
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but still I dream about a rainbow roll
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A -a -a -aa..
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Now I'm put along this foreign chain
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Wear this number for my name
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My dream's like a mink
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I've all grown old
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But still I dream about a rainbow road
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I dream about that rainbow road
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Dream about a rainbow road
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Dream about that rainbow road