Small Town

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This song is a real nice track from Songs For Drella, the concept album Lou Reed and John Cale dedicated to
Andy Warhol after his death. The original version has no guitar at all, but I still tried to make a
guitar-friendly tab. It's not perfect but give it a chance.
The chords are basically all the same throughout the song, but as A6 is pretty unusual to play, this is the
easiest way to make it sound right:
A6
x02222
D G6
When you're growing up in a small town
A6 D
When you're growing up in a small town
D G6
When you're growing up in a small town
A6 D
You say no one famous ever came from here
D G6
When you're growing up in a small town
A6 D
and you're having a nervous breakdown
D G6
and you think that you'll never escape it
A6 D
Yourself or the place that you live
D G6
Where did Picasso come from
A6 D
There's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh
D G6
If art is the tip of the iceberg
A6 D
I'm the part sinking below
D AG#G D GA
/ / / / /
D AG#G D GA
/ / / / /
D D
/ / /
D G6
When you're growing up in a small town
A6 D
Bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty
D G6
People look at you funny
A6 D
When you're in a small town
D G6
My father worked in construction
A6 D
It's not something for which I'm suited
D G6
Oh, what is something for which you are suited?
A6 D
Getting out of here
D AG#G D GA
/ / / / /
D AG#G D GA
/ / / / /
D D
/ / /
D G6
I hate being odd in a small town
A6 D
If they stare, let them stare in New York City
D G6
As this pink eyed painting albino
A6 D
How far can my fantasy go?
D G6
I'm no Dali coming from Pittsburgh
A6 D
No adorable lisping Capote
D G6
My hero, oh, do you think I could meet him?
A6 D
I'd camp out at his front door
D G6
There is only one good thing about a small town
A6 D
There is only one good use for a small town
D G6
There is only one good thing about a small town
A6 D
You know that you want to get out
D G6
When you're growing up in a small town
A6 D
You know you'll grow down in a small town
D G6
There is only one good use for a small town...
D
You hate it and you'll know you have to leave

Small Town chords and lyrics

Free chords for Small Town by Lou Reed. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

This song is a real nice track from Songs For Drella, the concept album Lou Reed and John Cale dedicated to 
Andy Warhol after his death. The original version has no guitar at all, but I still tried to make a
guitar-friendly tab. It's not perfect but give it a chance.
The chords are basically all the same throughout the song, but as A6 is pretty unusual to play, this is the
easiest way to make it sound right:
A6 x02222
/ D / A G# G / D / G A / 
/ D / A G# G / D / G A /
/ D / D /
/ D / A G# G / D / G A / 
/ D / A G# G / D / G A /
/ D / D /

Small Town Chords by Lou Reed

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