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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3Poor Side Of Town:Johnny Rivers. #1 in 1966. INTRO: E F#m Doo..do..do..do..wah.....shoo..bee..doo..bee. E F#m Doo..do..do..do..wah.....shoo..bee..doo..bee. #1. E F#m How can you tell me how much you miss me, E F#m when the last time I saw you, you wouldn't even kiss me? A G#m F#m A That rich guy you been seein', must have put you down, E A E so welcome back, baby, to the poor side of town. #2. E F#m To him you were nothing but a little plaything, E F#m not much more than, an overnight fling. A G#m F#m A To me you were the greatest thing..this boy had ever found, E A and girl, it's hard to find nice things..on the poor side of E town. CHORUS: D G C Bm I can't blame you for tryin', I'm tryin' to make it, too.. C Bm Am I've got one little hangup, baby, I just can't make it G B B7 without you. #3. E F#m So tell me, are you gonna stay now? E F#m Will you stand by me, all the way now? A G#m F#m A With you by my side, they can't keep us down, E A E together we can make it, baby, from the poor side of town. #4. E F#m So tell me how much you love me, E F#m come near to me and say you need me now. A G#m F#m A Oh, with you by my side..this world can't keep us down, E A E together we can make it, baby..from the poor side of town. CHORUS: REPEAT#4. REPEAT INTRO: A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.