Nobody Gets Off in This Town

Verse:
C
Nobody gets off in this town
                       C7
Trains don't even slow down
   F                        C
My high school sweetheart's married and gone
     F               C
They met on a bus to San Antone
    F                       C         A7
The Greyhound stops and somebody gets on
    D7          G7          C    G7
But nobody gets off in this town

Verse:
C
Nobody gets off in this town
                             C7
Old folk's round here wear a frown
    F                   C
Now let me see if I can set the scene
       F                     C
It's a one-dog town and he's old and mean
        F                       C      A7
There's one stop light but it's always green
D7          G7          C
Nobody gets off in this town

Verse:

Nobody gets off in this town
                       C7
High school colors are brown
     F                          C
They can't drag main because it kicks up dust
      F                             C
Their cars and their dreams are all startin' to rust
    F                      C        A7
The high school dances are always a bust
D7          G7          C
Nobody gets off in this town

Verse:

Nobody gets off in this town
                         C7
They oughta just tear it down
             F                            C
Cause in the winter you freeze and in the summer you fry
F                       C
Utility bill's the only thing that gets high
    F                       C         A7
I'd go for a drink but this county is dry
D7          G7    D7        G7
Nobody gets off nobody gets off
D7          G7          C          B7       Bb7 A7
Nobody gets off in this square old merry-go-round
   D7          G7          C
No nobody gets off in this town
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