Strong Enough - Ray LaMontagne

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[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)

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