My Hometown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I was [G]eight years old and
running with a [C]dime [G]in my [D]hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a
paper for [G]my [D]old [C]man
[G]I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer
[C]as [G]we drove through [D]town
He'd tousle my hair [G]and say son [D]take [G]a good
[D]look [G]around [C]this is you[G]r hometown
This is [C]your [G]homet[D]own
This is your hometown
This is [G]your [D]ho [G]metown
[C][G]

[Verse 2]
In '65 tension was running high
at [C]my [G]high [D]school
There was a lot of fights between
the black and white
[G]There was nothing [D]you [C]could do
Two [G]cars at a light on a Saturday night
in the [C]back seat [G]there was a [D]gun
Words were passed
in a shotgun blast
Troubled [G]times [D]had [G]come
[C]to [G]my hometown
[C]My [G]homet[D]own
My hometown
[G]My [D]hometown
[C][G]

[Verse 3]
Now [Em]Main Street's whitewashed
windows and [G]vacant stores
Seems [Em]like there ain't nobody wants to
come [G]down here no more
[C]They're closing down the textile mill
across [G]the railroad tracks
Foreman [C]says these jobs are going boys and
[G]they ain't coming [D]back to [G]your hometown
[C]Your [G]homet[D]own
Your hometown
[G]Your [D]hometown
[C][G]

[Verse 4]
Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
talk[C]ing about [G]getting [D]out
Packing up our bags maybe
[G]heading [C]south
[G]I'm thirty- five we got a
boy of [C]our [G]own [D]now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and
said [G]son take a [D]good [G]look [C]around
[G]This is [C]your [G]hom[D]etown

[Outro 1]
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