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Our Little Old Town

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OUR LITTLE OLD TOWN
[Intro]
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|------0--1/2-1/2--------------------0---|
A|-0-2-4------------4-0-2b-2b-0--0-2-4----|
E|----------------------------------------|
DIn man?s fear of isolation what was Aonce a Indian nation
Is crDowed now with people like so many grain of saAnd
Livin? stAack upon each other scared to deDath of one and other
                                   A          E     ARIFF TO D  
Forgetin? were all brothers forget God?s command
[Chorus]
Lookin? oDut my hotel window 44 floors above the ground
Get Ame out of this tower of Babel
BeEfore the good Lord pull?s it doAwn
Jesus I can?t feDel your presence are you anywhere aroAund
Did we aEll go off and leave you in our little old tAown
DLord above how it must hurt you for your chiAldren to deserted you
Like a lDittle town in Kansas how they Arkansas cotton fieAld
The oAnly place I?ve seen you mention is the sDign above the mission
Jesus save but no one liAsten all they want is a goEod hot mAeal
[Solo]
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|------0--1/2-1/2--------------------0---|
A|-0-2-4------------4-0-2b-2b-0--0-2-4----|
E|----------------------------------------|
DGetting by the lonely table try to reAad but I wasn?t able
So I tuDrn on the TV and watched the news on channel fiAve
What I sAaw filled me with pity poverty crDime and misery
                                              A             E     ARIFF TO D  
And this great big Godless city where they struggle to survive
[Chorus]
Lookin? oDut my hotel window 44 floors above the ground
Get Ame out of this tower of Babel
BeEfore the good Lord pull?s it doAwn
Jesus I can?t feDel your presence are you anywhere aroAund
Did we aEll go off and leave you in our little old tAown
[Chorus]
Lookin? oDut my hotel window 44 floors above the ground
Get Ame out of this tower of Babel
BeEfore the good Lord pull?s it doAwn
Jesus I can?t feDel your presence are you anywhere aroAund
Did we aEll go off and leave you in our little old tAown
[Chorus]
Lookin? oDut my hotel window 44 floors above the ground
Get Ame out of this tower of Babel
BeEfore the good Lord pull?s it doAwn
Jesus I can?t feDel your presence are you anywhere aroAund
Did we aEll go off and leave you in our little old tAown

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Our Little Old Town

by Johnny Cash

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

OUR LITTLE OLD TOWN

[Intro]

e|----------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------|

D|------0--1/2-1/2--------------------0---|

A|-0-2-4------------4-0-2b-2b-0--0-2-4----|

E|----------------------------------------|

D A

In man?s fear of isolation what was once a Indian nation

D A

Is crowed now with people like so many grain of sand

A D

Livin? stack upon each other scared to death of one and other

A E A D

RIFF TO

Forgetin? were all brothers forget God?s command

[Chorus]

Lookin? out my hotel window 44 floors above the ground

Get me out of this tower of Babel

E A

Before the good Lord pull?s it down

D A

Jesus I can?t feel your presence are you anywhere around

E A

Did we all go off and leave you in our little old town

D A

Lord above how it must hurt you for your children to deserted you

D A

Like a little town in Kansas how they Arkansas cotton field

A D

The only place I?ve seen you mention is the sign above the mission

A E A

Jesus save but no one listen all they want is a good hot meal

[Solo]

e|----------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------|

D|------0--1/2-1/2--------------------0---|

A|-0-2-4------------4-0-2b-2b-0--0-2-4----|

E|----------------------------------------|

D A

Getting by the lonely table try to read but I wasn?t able

D A

So I turn on the TV and watched the news on channel five

A D

What I saw filled me with pity poverty crime and misery

A E A D

RIFF TO

And this great big Godless city where they struggle to survive

[Chorus]

Lookin? out my hotel window 44 floors above the ground

Get me out of this tower of Babel

E A

Before the good Lord pull?s it down

D A

Jesus I can?t feel your presence are you anywhere around

E A

Did we all go off and leave you in our little old town

[Chorus]

Lookin? out my hotel window 44 floors above the ground

Get me out of this tower of Babel

E A

Before the good Lord pull?s it down

D A

Jesus I can?t feel your presence are you anywhere around

E A

Did we all go off and leave you in our little old town

[Chorus]

Lookin? out my hotel window 44 floors above the ground

Get me out of this tower of Babel

E A

Before the good Lord pull?s it down

D A

Jesus I can?t feel your presence are you anywhere around

E A

Did we all go off and leave you in our little old town

About Our Little Old Town Chords by Johnny Cash

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What key is "Our Little Old Town" in?

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