My Hometown

my first tab

capo on 2nd

( G ) i was 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 ( C ) steer as we ( G ) drove through ( D ) town

he’d tousle my hair and he D say son take A ( G ) good ( D ) look ( C ) around

( G ) this is your hometown , ( C ) your ( G ) home ( D ) town

this is your hometown , ( G ) your ( D ) home ( C ) town , ( G ) this is your home town

( G ) in 65 tension was running high at ( C ) my ( G ) high ( D ) school

there was a lot of fights between the black and white

there was ( G ) nothing ( D ) you could ( C ) do

( G ) two cars at a light on a saturday night in the ( C ) back seat ( G ) was A ( D ) gun

words were passed A shotgun blast

troubled ( G ) times ( D ) had ( C ) come to ( G ) my hometown

( C ) my ( G ) home ( D ) town , my hometown , ( G ) my ( D ) home ( C ) town , ( G ) my hometown

( C ) now main street’s whitewashed windows and ( G ) vacant stores

( C ) seems like there ain’t nobody wants to come ( G ) down here no more

( C ) they’re closing down the textile mill ( G ) across the railroad tracks

( C ) foreman says these jobs are going boys and ( G ) they ain’t ( C ) coming ( D ) back to

( G ) your hometown , ( C ) your ( G ) home ( D ) town , your hometown , ( G ) your ( D ) home ( C ) town , ( G ) your hometown

( G ) last night me and kate we laid in bed ( C ) talking about ( G ) getting ( D ) out

packing up our bags ( G ) maybe ( D ) 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 look ( C ) around

( G ) this is your hometown