My Hometown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][D][G]

[Verse 1]
The [G]Blood Red red sun beats down
It [C]beats the wriggly ground
[D]Dust kicked up around the jaundy [G]wings
No trace of rain in sight,
[C]again he'll lose the fight
An[D]d have to watch the
crops die in the [G]field
They stood there both in tears,
[C]his wife of many years
[D]Said, John, you know I hate to lose our [G]fun
He looked into her eyes
and [C]looked up at the sky
And [D]told her as he held her in his [G]arms
In my next life,
I want to be your [C]hero
Something bet[D]ter than I turned out to [G]be
I live this life
behind the plow and [C]the harrow
But in my [D]next life
I'll make you proud of [G]me[D][G]
The muscles in his arms
[C]just like that run -down farm
Soon [D]withered and slowly disappeared
[G]One hard -working man with
[C]two hard -working hands
Was giv[D]ing up after all these [G]years
His aging eyes grew dim,
an[C]d the lady that worshipped him
Sat cry[D]ing on the chair beside his [G]bed
Her hands caressed his brow
She [C]said, it's all right now
[D]As he slowly slipped away, [G]he said
In my next life,
I want to be your [C]hero
Something bet[D]ter than I turned out to [G]be
I left this life behind the plow and [C]ar row
But in my [D]next life
I'll make you proud of [G]me
Yeah, in my next life
I want to be your [C]hero
Something bet[D]ter than I turned out to [G]be
But I left this life
behind the plow and the [C]harrow
For in my [D]next life
I'll make you proud of [G]me
In my [D]next life
I'll make you proud [C]of me
[G]Good night, honey