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From: "Big World" (1986)        Tuning: Standard
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[Intro]
|  D   A|  Bm   F#m|  G   Asus4|  Asus4   A|
|  D   A|  Bm   F#m|  G   D|  G   A|
|  D   A|  Bm   F#m|  G   D|  G   A|
[Verse]
 DOf Aall the Bmstupid F#mthings I Gcould have Dthought Gthis was the Asus4worst
 DI Astarted Bmto beF#mlieve that GI was Dborn at GsevenAsus4teen
 DAnd Aall the Bmstupid F#mthings, the Gletters Dand the Gbroken Asus4verse
 DStayed Ahidden Bmat the F#mbottom Gof the Ddrawer, Gthey'd always Asus4been
 DAnd Anow I Bmplough through F#mfiles of Gbills reDceipts and Gcredit Asus4cards
And Dtickets Aand the Bmdaily F#mnews and Gsometimes I just Awanna go back to my
[Chorus]
BmHome F#mTown, though I Gknow it'll never be the Dsame
ABack to my Bmhome F#mtown, 'cause it's Gbeen so long,
                               A                  E[  D]
And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh
[Interlude]
|  D   A|  Bm   F#m|  G   D|  G   Asus4|
|  D   A|  Bm   F#m|  G   D|  G   Asus4|
[Verse]
 DWe Athink we're Bmpretty F#msmart, us Gcity Dslickers Gget aAsus4round
 DAnd Awhen the Bmgoing's F#mrough we Gkill the Dpain and GreloAsus4cate
 DWe're Anever Bmmarried, F#mnever Gfaithful Dnot to Gany Asus4town
DBut we Anever Bmleave the F#mpast beGhind Dwe just aGccumuAsus4late
So Dsometimes Awhen the Bmmusic F#mstops I Gseem to Dhear a Gdistant Asus4sound
Of Dwaves and Aseagulls, Bmfootball F#mcrowds and Gchurchbells, 
And I Awanna go back to my
[Chorus]
BmHome F#mTown, though I Gknow it'll never be the Dsame
ABack to my Bmhome F#mtown, 'cause it's Gbeen so long,
                               A[  E]
And I'm wondering if it's still there 
[Interlude]
|  E| % |  G| % |  E| % |  G|  A|
[Chorus]
Back to my Bmhome F#mtown, though I Gknow it'll never be the Dsame
ABack to my Bmhome F#mtown, 'cause it's Gbeen so long,
                               A                  E[  D]
And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh
[Outro]
|  D   A|  Bm   F#m|  G   D|  G   Asus4|
|  D   A|  Bm   F#m|  G   D|  G   Asus4|
|  Bm|  F#m|  G| D  

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Home Town

by Joe Jackson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Asus4

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From: "Big World" (1986) Tuning: Standard

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[Intro]

D A Bm F#m G Asus4 Asus4 A

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D A Bm F#m G D G A

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D A Bm F#m G D G A

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[Verse]

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

Of all the stupid things I could have thought this was the worst

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

I started to believe that I was born at seventeen

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

And all the stupid things, the letters and the broken verse

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer, they'd always been

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

And now I plough through files of bills receipts and credit cards

D A Bm F#m G A

And tickets and the daily news and sometimes I just wanna go back to my

[Chorus]

Bm F#m G D

Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same

A Bm F#m G

Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,

A E D

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And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh

[Interlude]

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

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D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

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[Verse]

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

We think we're pretty smart, us city slickers get around

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

And when the going's rough we kill the pain and relocate

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

We're never married, never faithful not to any town

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

But we never leave the past behind we just accumulate

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

So sometimes when the music stops I seem to hear a distant sound

D A Bm F#m G

Of waves and seagulls, football crowds and churchbells,

And I wanna go back to my

[Chorus]

Bm F#m G D

Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same

A Bm F#m G

Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,

A E

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And I'm wondering if it's still there

[Interlude]

E G E G A

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[Chorus]

Bm F#m G D

Back to my home town, though I know it'll never be the same

A Bm F#m G

Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,

A E D

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And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh

[Outro]

D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

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D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4

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Bm F#m G D

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