Key: E minor
Verse 1
Em
G
There was a boy from Memphis,
with sideburns dark and long
He dressed a little different,
D
Em
and sang a different song
said he'd come from Mars
They couldn't see that he was special,
D
Em
or here he was a star
G
C
They laughed, they laughed out loud
G
C
G
You see, no one ever makes it
D
Em
in their own hometown
G
D
They laughed as they put him down
Em
C
Oh, they laughed,
A man from Missouri
who had no loss of wind
Old tales about Tom Sawyer
D
Em
and his pal Huckabee
that later we admired
All they saw was an old man
Gm
D
Em
that they all called a liar
G
C
G
See, one ever makes it
D
Em
in their own town.
G
Em
They laugh as they put him down.
G
Em
They're not laughing now.
professed one day
to be the only son of God,
Gm
D
Em
to be the only way.
many thought that he was false,
but no one tried to stop them as they
D
Em
They nailed Him to the cross
G
C
They laughed, they laughed out loud
G
C
G
See no one ever makes it
D
Em
in their own hometown
G
D
They laugh as they ain't put Him down
Em
C
Oh, they laugh
D
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