Boom Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Wel[G]l, [C]the people came here[F]
from parts unknown
Sleepin' [G]in [Em]their [C]cars 'cause
they didn't [F]have homes
They thought this [G]place[Bb][C][F]
was the promised [G]land
[D]If you could [C]roughneck,
[F]we [Bb]could[C] use a good man

[Verse 2]
[C]Come on,
boy, let [F]me show you [G]around
You could make a lot of money
[C]here, livin' in a boomtown

[Verse 3]
Well, some [F]build [G]bars and big
[Bb]hotels[C]
Downshift drive and the people [F]live well
High on the [G]hog and wild on the range
[C]Pocket full [F]of [Bb]cash instead
of [C]chump change

[Verse 4]
[C]This place kicks when the
sun goes down
Ain't [D]life [G]great when you're
[Bb]livin' in [C]a boomtown

[Verse 5]
You see oil [D]was the [G]blood [F]that
[C]flowed [D]through the soul
Keep a [F]man work[G]in'
[C]when it's forty below
Re[D]lent [F]to [G]the Devil in [C]the cold,
cold ground
Trying to [D]make a dollar here

[Verse 6]
Six [F]short years the [G]oil fields [C]went
Rigs came down and the [D]money got spent
[F]And [G]the wise men[C] sav[G]ed
[D]for [Bb]a ra[Eb]iny da[Bb]y
[F]The fools pac[C]ked up [Bb]and[F][C]
they [F]moved [Bb]away
[C]

[Verse 7]
[Eb]
[Ab]The hote[Bb]ls close[F]d [Bb]and[C][Eb]
[Ab]the bars shut [Bb]down[C]
And it got real [D]quite here,
livin' [F]in a boomtown
See oil [G]was the blood that flowed

[Verse 8]
[C]
through the soul
Keep a man workin' when
it's [D]forty below
[F]Relent to the Devil in [C]the
cold, cold ground
Trying to [D]make a [F]dollar [G]her[C]e,
livin' in a [D]boomtown

[Verse 9]
Now, [F]the cafe's [G]filled with people [C]tellin' [F]lies
[Bb][C][Eb][Ab][Bb][F][Bb][C][Eb][Ab][Bb]
[F]
[Bb]Try [C]ing [Eb]to fig u[Ab]re out how
the [Bb]town [F]went dry[Bb][C][Eb]
[Ab]You can buy a hous[Bb]e,
[F]a dim[Bb]e on the dol[C]lar
[Eb]Need [Ab]a goo[Bb]d[F]
home just [Bb]give me a [C]holler

[Verse 10]
[Eb]I can move you in [Ab]with
[Bb]no money [F]down
Still [Bb]tryin' [C]to [Eb]make[Ab] a do[Bb]llar [F]here,[Bb]
[C]livin' [Eb]in a boomtown
[Ab]Livin' in a

[Verse 11]
[Bb]boom[F]town[Bb],[C]
livin' in a boomtown