This Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]She[Em] was[G][Em][G][Em][G][Em]
walkin' [G]with lov[Em]in' in her e[G]ye[Em]s.
Momma didn't [G]know where she was,
[Em]She nearly started a riot.[G]
[Em]She called the police[G]
to check it out[Em].
Took her boy[C]friend [D]down town.
He thought he was a [G]criminal.
[Em]Yeah, he though he was a
[C]real [Dsus4]hard case[D].[G]
[Em]Oh what a day,
[C]Oh wha[Dsus4]t a waste[D],
In [G]this [Em]town.
[G][Em][G][Em]

[Verse 2]
[G][Em]
Was a Fri[G]day night foot[Em]ball game,
[G][Em]
Down at [G]the high school sta[Em]dium.[G]
[Em]She was a ch[G]eerleader,
[Em]With her quar[C]terback sneaking [D]out
behind [G]the bleachers to play.
[Em]Cause they don't care [C]what peopl[Dsus4]e say,[D]
[G][Em][G][Em]
In [G]this [Em]town.[G][Em]

[Verse 3]
[Dsus4]Nothin' e[D]ver c[G]hanges in
[C]this [G]town.
And the [Dsus4]story's alw[D]ays
[G]the same one in [C]this town.
[Dsus4]And I thank you[C] Lord for[G]
keepin' us safe,
[Dsus4]And I thank you[C] mother fo[Gm]r making us[Em]
[Dsus4]pray.
[G][Em][G][Em][G][Em]

[Verse 4]
[G]
[Em]She is a sin[G]gle mother
[Em]workin' at a res[G]taurant.
[Em]Under protecti[G]ve custody[Em].[G]
[Em]And every day [G]a boy remind[Em]s
her of what [G]they [Em]lost,
By mov[G]in' [Em]away from [G]the city.
[Em]She says I k[G]now that you mis
[Em]s your [C]friend[Dsus4]s in L.A.
But at [G]least your [Em]father [C]is so far [Dsus4]away,
[G]From this [Em]town.[G][Em]
From this [G]town.[Em][G][Em]

[Verse 5]
[Dsus4]Nothin' e[G]ver changes in t[C]his town.
[G]And the[Dsus4] story's alway[G]s
the same one [C]in this town.
[Dsus4]And I thank y[C]ou Lord[G]
for keep[Em]in' us safe,
[D]And[Dsus4] I thank [C]you mother[Gm] for making us[Dsus4]
[G]pray.[Em][C][Dsus4][Gm][G][Em][C]
For mak[Dsus4]ing us pray.

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][C][Dsus4][G][Em][C]
[Dsus4][G][Em][G][Em][G][Em]
[G][Em]

[Verse 6]
There's an [G]old man on a front [Em]porch swing,
[G][Em]
And he's [G]always [Em]talkin'
[G]to nobody.[Em]
But if you [G]ever stop to listen,
[Em]You might [C]learn a thing [Dsus4]or two.
[D]Yeah, [Dsus4]I'm talkin' to yo[G]u.
[Em]You

[Verse 7]
[C]see[Dsus4],
once he was a [Gm]young [Em]man.
And he was holdin' a
[C]young girls hand.
[Dsus4]And they where[G] walking' down by th[Em]e lake,
And about nine[C]teen- [Dsus4]forty- eight,
And they had their first [G]kiss.[Em]
Oh, with the moon [C]shin
[Dsus4]ing down,
And they had [G]the true [Em]love.
Oh, it [C]really could be [Dsus4]found.
In this [G]town.[Em][C]
[Dsus4]Oh, in th[G]is town.
[Em]Oh.[C][Dsus4]
Yeah, in this [G]town.[Em][C]
[Dsus4]Yeah, in this t[G]own.[Em][G][Em]

[Verse 8]
[D]Nothin' ever [G]changes in this [C]town.
[G]And the[Dsus4] story's always
[G]the same one in [C]this town.
[Dsus4]And I thank y[G]ou Lord for
keep[Em]in' us s[G]afe,
[Dsus4]And I thank y[C]ou mother[Gm]
[G]for mak[Em]ing us,
Oh, for [Dsus4]making us pr[G]ay.
[Em][C][Dsus4][G]
[Em]For [C]making[Dsus4] us pray.[G][Em]
[C][Dsus4][G][Em][C][Dsus4]
In this [G]town.[Em][G]
[Em]Oh, in this town[G].[Em]
It's just the way [Em]it goes in this [G]town.[Em]
It's just the way things [Em]go in this town.
[G]