My Hometown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I was eight years old and running
with [C]a dime in [G]my [D]hand
[C]Into [D]the bus [C]stop to pick up
a pa[D]per for [G]my [D]old [C]man
I'd sit on [G]his lap in that big old Buick
[C]and steer as we [G]drove through [D]town
He'd tousle [C#]my hair and say so[C]n,
[D]take a goo[F#]d loo[D]k aro[C]und, this is you[G]r hometown
[C]Your [B]ho [G]met[D]own
This is your hometown
This [F#]is your h[C#]ometown
[B][F#]

[Verse 2]
In '65 tension was running
high at [B]my [F#]high [D]school
[C#]There was lots of fights between
blacks and whites
There was nothing you could [B]do
Two cars at [F#]a light on a S[D]atur[G]day night,
[F#]in t[C]he back seat there w[G]as a[D] gun
Words were passed in [B]a shotgun [D]blast
And [G]troubled [D]times had
[C]come to my ho[G]metown
[C]My [G]homet[D] own
My hometown
[G]My hometown

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][G][D][G]
[C][G][D][C#][D][C#][B][F#]

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

[Verse 4]
[F#]Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed
Talking about getting [C#]out
Packing up our bags and
maybe [F#]head[C#]ing s[B]outh
I'm [F#]thirty- five, we got a boy,
of [B]our [F#]own n[C#]ow
Last night,
I sat him up behind the wheel
[F#]And said, "son,
take a [C#]good [B]look around
This [F#]is your hometown"

[Outro 1]
[F#][B][F#]
[C#][F#][C#][B][F#][B]
[F#][C#][F#][C#][B][F#]