E C#m I was born a poor poor man G#m E All my life I had hard workin' hands A Am But I sang a song as I carried my load E A C#m B Cause I had a dream about a Rainbow, Rainbow Road E C#m Then one day my chance came along G#m G# E Man heard me singin' and playing my songs A Am He bought me fine clothes, paid the money I owed E A C#m B Sent me on my way to rainbow, Rainbow Road C#m B Then one night a man with a knife A E Pushed me untill I had to take his life A Am Now I plead so desperately E A C#m B Judge show no mercy when he passed his sentence on me E C#m Now I pull this ball `n chain G#m E Wearing a number for my name A Am My dreams like me I'm growing old E A E there is no dream about the rainbow, Rainbow Road