Intro:
   A    A     D  A  E
   E    E     A  E  D

Verse 1:
A                                        D    A     E
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
E                                        A   E  D
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
A                                            D           A             E
I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
E                                           A    E    D
He'd tousle my hair and he'd say son take a good look around

Chorus:
A                              D    A    E
This is your hometown, this is your home town
E                              A    E    D     A
This is your hometown, this is your home town

Verse 2:
A                                  D  A    E
In '65 tension was running high at my high school
E                                                                 A       E  
There was a lot of fights between the black and white / there was nothing you
      D
could do
    A                                           D         A           E
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the back seat there was a gun
E                                             A     E   D
Words were passed, a shotgun blast / troubled times had come

Chorus:
   A               D  A    E
To my hometown, to my home town,
   E               A  E    D     A
To my hometown, to my home town

Bridge:
    Gbm                                   A
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
      Gbm                                   A
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
        D                               A
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
        D                                  A                 E
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back

Chorus:
   A              D    A    E
To your hometown, your home town,
   E                 A    E    D     A
To your hometown, to your home town

Verse 3:
A                                      D             A       E
Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed talking about getting out
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Packing up our bags, maybe heading south
    A                            D   A   E
I'm thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now
E                                                 A          E          D      D
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around

Chorus:
        A                 D    A    E
This is your hometown...
E         A    E    D

Outro:
   A    A     D  A  E
   E    E     A  E  D
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