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Title     : My Hometown
Artist    : Bowling For Soup
Tuning    : Standard
Chords used:
C        [x 3 2 0 1 0]
F        1  3  3  2  1  1  
G        3  2  0  0  3  3  
Am       [x 0 2 2 1 0]
B        [x 2 4 4 2 2]
A#       [x 1 3 3 1 1]
A        [x 0 2 2 2 0]
Verse 1:
CThis song goes out to my Fgood friends
ECspecially the ones I had before the GGrammy nominations in F2003
And Call the girls from back in Fhigh school
Who Cactually spoke to me
Even Gthough I was a fat kid and a Fmarching band geek
I Chope this song finds you Fwell
And I Chope that you're doin’ fuckin’ Fswell
                                    G           F   Am(Let Ring)
I hope that you’re back up if you've ever been down
       F(Stop)               G(Stop)            C  
And I hope that you got the fuck out of our hometown
Verse 2:
Here comes a shout out to the proFfessor
Who said CSon pick a path and stay the same, cause chGarisma is the key to oppFortunity
And to Call the clubs that let us Fplay
To our Cfamily and friends and the music stores, For Ggiving us gear when we Fcouldn't pay
I Chope this song finds you Fwell
And I Chope that you're doin’ fuckin’ Fswell
                                    G           F   Am(Let Ring)
I hope that you're back up if you've ever been down
       F(Stop)               G(Stop)            C  
And I hope that you got the fuck out of our hometown
Bridge:
You know I Fcan't count how many Gtimes I’ve heard people Csay (heard people say)
Be Fproud of where you're Gfrom, you're gonna Cput us on the Ammap
But Fwhere the hell were Gyou back in the Cday (back in the day)
FNo one came to Gsee us, so we Cgot the hell Amout of Fthere
So Gthere you have it
CT-T-T-T-T-T-T-T
Verse 3:
CThis song goes out to my big Fbrother
For Cputting up with me following you around
And Gmaking me smile when Fthings at home weren't great
And Cnot getting pissed when I humped your Fgirlfriend
For Cletting me take your car to the prom
For Fbeating up the guys that hung my bike in a tree
For Chand-me-down down albums and guitars with no strings
For Fnever beating the shit outta me
I Chope this song finds you Fwell
And I Chope that you're doin fuckin Fswell
                                  G                  F   Am(Stop)
I hope that you're back up cause I know you've been down
        F(Stop)            G(Stop)            C  
I just wish you'd get the fuck out of our hometown
I Fhope you get the Gfuck out of our homeCtown
                     F                     G   C(Let Ring)    C   B   A#  A  
I'm so glad I got the fuck out of our hometown
          F(Stop)                F(Stop)      G(Stop)
You know what I’m talking about don’t ya?
Damn it!G  

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My Hometown

by Bowling for Soup

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Chords in this song · guitar

Title : My Hometown

Artist : Bowling For Soup

Tuning : Standard

Chords used:

C [x 3 2 0 1 0]

1 3 3 2 1 1

3 2 0 0 3 3

Am [x 0 2 2 1 0]

B [x 2 4 4 2 2]

A# [x 1 3 3 1 1]

A [x 0 2 2 2 0]

Verse 1:

C F

This song goes out to my good friends

C G F

Especially the ones I had before the Grammy nominations in 2003

C F

And all the girls from back in high school

Who actually spoke to me

G F

Even though I was a fat kid and a marching band geek

C F

I hope this song finds you well

C F

And I hope that you're doin’ fuckin’ swell

G F Am

(Let Ring)

I hope that you’re back up if you've ever been down

F G C

(Stop) (Stop)

And I hope that you got the fuck out of our hometown

Verse 2:

Here comes a shout out to the professor

C G F

Who said Son pick a path and stay the same, cause charisma is the key to opportunity

C F

And to all the clubs that let us play

C G F

To our family and friends and the music stores, For giving us gear when we couldn't pay

C F

I hope this song finds you well

C F

And I hope that you're doin’ fuckin’ swell

G F Am

(Let Ring)

I hope that you're back up if you've ever been down

F G C

(Stop) (Stop)

And I hope that you got the fuck out of our hometown

Bridge:

F G C

You know I can't count how many times I’ve heard people say (heard people say)

F G C Am

Be proud of where you're from, you're gonna put us on the map

F G C

But where the hell were you back in the day (back in the day)

F G C Am F

No one came to see us, so we got the hell out of there

So there you have it

T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T

Verse 3:

C F

This song goes out to my big brother

For putting up with me following you around

G F

And making me smile when things at home weren't great

C F

And not getting pissed when I humped your girlfriend

For letting me take your car to the prom

For beating up the guys that hung my bike in a tree

For hand-me-down down albums and guitars with no strings

For never beating the shit outta me

C F

I hope this song finds you well

C F

And I hope that you're doin fuckin swell

G F Am

(Stop)

I hope that you're back up cause I know you've been down

F G C

(Stop) (Stop)

I just wish you'd get the fuck out of our hometown

F G C

I hope you get the fuck out of our hometown

F G C C B A# A

(Let Ring)

I'm so glad I got the fuck out of our hometown

F F G

(Stop) (Stop) (Stop)

You know what I’m talking about don’t ya?

Damn it!

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