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