My Hometown

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[Intro]
G G C G D
D D G D C
[Verse 1]
G C G D
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
D G D C
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
G C G D
I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
D G D C
He'd tousle my hair and he'd say son take a good look around
[Refrain]
G C G D
This is your hometown, this is your home town
D G D C G
This is your hometown, this is your home town
[Verse 2]
G C G D
In '65 tension was running high at my high school
D G D C
There was a lot of fights between the black and white / there was nothing you could do
G C G D
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the back seat there was a gun
D G D C
Words were passed, a shotgun blast / troubled times had come
[Refrain]
G C G D
To my hometown, to my home town,
D G D C G
To my hometown, to my home town
[Bridge]
Em G
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Em G
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
C G
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
C G D
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back
[Refrain]
G C G D
To your hometown, your home town,
D G D C G
To your hometown, to your home town
[Verse 3]
G C G D
Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed talking about getting out
D G D C
Packing up our bags, maybe heading south
G C G D
I'm thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now
D G D C C
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around
[Refrain]
G C G D
This is your hometown...
D G D C
[Outro]
G G C G D
D D G D C
(repeat to fade)

My Hometown chords and lyrics

Free chords for My Hometown by Bruce Springsteen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
G    G     C  G  D
D    D     G  D  C
[Verse 1]
[Refrain]
[Verse 2]
[Refrain]
[Bridge]
[Refrain]
[Verse 3]
[Refrain]
D         G    D    C
[Outro]
G    G     C  G  D
D    D     G  D  C
(repeat to fade)

My Hometown Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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