{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1125062,"song":"My Hometown","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1125062-my-hometown-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1125062?type=chord","rating":4.81323,"votes":1676,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInto the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe'd tousle my hair and he'd say son take a good look around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis is your hometown, this is your home town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is your hometown, this is your home town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn '65 tension was running high at my high school[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was a lot of fights between the black and white / there was nothing you could do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTwo cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the back seat there was a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWords were passed, a shotgun blast / troubled times had come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo my hometown, to my home town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo my hometown, to my home town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nForeman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo your hometown, your home town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo your hometown, to your home town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLast night me and Kate, we laid in bed talking about getting out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPacking up our bags, maybe heading south[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLast night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis is your hometown...[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n(repeat to fade)","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG    G     C  G  D\nD    D     G  D  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\nD         G    D    C\n\n[Outro]\nG    G     C  G  D\nD    D     G  D  C\n\n(repeat to fade)","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}