Strong Enough - Ray LaMontagne
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I was raised u
p by my mamma
alone
Worked herself into the grave
Trying to make
us a home
She never left
South Carolin
a, oh no
My old man did
n't stick arou
nd to see me g
rown
He was long
gone 'fore the
coffee got co
ld
Wouldn't even
know where to
find him
[Chorus]
Woah-ooh-Oh!
Wasn't strong
enough
Woah-ooh-Oh!
He wasn't stro
ng enough
Alright, alrig
ht, alright, a
lright
[Verse 2]
I left home wi
th nothin' but
a dream I had
All I own I
could roll up
in a paper bag
Gettin' out of
South Carolin
a, alright
I've been told
there's gold
in this land
All I know i
s what I hold
in my own two
hands
If it's out th
ere I'm gonna
find it
[Chorus]
Oh-ooh-Oh!
Am I strong en
ough?
Oh-ooh-Oh!
Am I strong en
ough?
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
Everywhere you
turn there’s
another man sl
ammin’ doors
Lookin' at you
like he would
n't even let y
ou sweep his f
loors
[Verse 3]
I was raised u
p by my mamma
on her own
Worked herself into the grave
Trying to make
us a home
Never left Sou
th Carolina
I left home wi
th nothing but
a dream I had
All I own I c
ould hold in a
paper bag
Gettin' out of
South Carolin
a
[Chorus]
Oh-ooh-Oh!
Am I strong en
ough?
Oh-ooh-Oh!
Tell me am I s
trong enough?
Oh-ooh-Oh!
Am I strong en
ough?
Oh-ooh-Oh!
Tell me am I s
trong enough?
[Outro]
Am I strong en
ough?
Am I strong en
ough?
Am I strong en
ough?
Am I strong en
ough? Oh, tell
me
Am I strong en
ough? Oh, got
to tell me
Am I strong en
ough? Oh, tell
me
Am I strong en
ough?
(fade out)