Sam's Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Sam[Bm] nev[A]
[D]er believed that he ever
could [G]be [D]any[G]thing special to any[D]one
But he didn't mind, no, he was the kind
who could [G]get along fine
with [D]everyone[A]
He had a [Em]job at the [A]taxico,
and [Bm]if you were a stranger
and [G]things were slow
[A]He'd be glad just to put it all [Am]down
[G]He'd take you out and [Em]show you
[D]around Sam's [G]town[D]
Yeah, you know old Sam
had a little bit of land
[G]A quarter section or so
[D]But the creek ran shallow
and the fields lay fallow
Could[G]n't get a thing to [D]grow
So when the [A]land man
came to his trailer one night
Talk[Bm]in' percentages
and [G]mineral rights
Did[A]n't take long for the
deal to go down
They was [G]sinkin' a drilling rig
[Em]deep in the ground
Yeah, [D]Sam's [G]ground
[D]Mm -hmm
[A]Yeah, [D]now, ain[A]'t life funny?
Ain't life strange?
[D]Ain't it amazing how your lif[G]e can change?
[A]It came rushin' like a big black bull
They were [Bm]pippin' it out by the [G]barrel full
An[A]d pretty soon the
word got [G]round[D]
[Em]On down in S[D]am's t[G]own
Yeah, [D]yeah
[A]Well, some [D]time went by
The yield was high
The [G]money just rollin' [D]in
Still old Sam stayed a simple man,
you never [G]know he had
an equal to [D]speak
[A]But [D]he bui[A]lt a new wing on
the old high school
The [Bm]church house finally
got a [G]brand new roof
Then a [A]park with a pool,
a big playground
Spread[G]ing every [Bm]bit of that
[Em]money [G]around[Em][D][G]
[D]Well, [A]ain't life funny, ain't life strange,
[D]ain't it amazing how
your [G]life can change?
One [A]day, like the Lord just threw a switch,
that [Bm]well went as dry
as a [G]dust bowl ditch.
And then a [A]man came down
from the government,
he was [Bm]wanting to know
where [G]all that money
When [Em]Sam j[A]ust smiled, he said, well,
I'd be [G]proud to [D]show you [Em]around,
boy, the [D]isle of [G]town.
Come [D]on. [A]Yeah, ain't life funny?
Ain't life strange?
[D]Ain't it just amazing
how your [G]life can change?
[A]Tax man auctioned off that land,
but the [Bm]town pitched in
and they bought [G]it all back for him.
[Abdim]Now, he's[A] stiffed down
at the Texaco.
[Bm]An d if you're a stranger,
[G]things are slow.
[A]He'd be glad just to put it all down.
[G]He'll take you out[D],
he'll [Em]show you around.
[D]Yeah, Sam's [G]town.[D][G]
It's Uncle [D]Sam's town [G]now.
Yeah, yeah,
[D]