My Hometown

my first tab capo on 2nd ( G ) i was eight years old and running with A ( C ) dime ( G ) in my ( D ) hand into the bus stop to pick up a paper for ( G ) my ( D ) old ( C ) man ( G ) i’d sit on his lap in that big old buick and ( C ) steer as we ( G ) drove through ( D ) town he’d tousle my hair and he D say son take A ( G ) good ( D ) look ( C ) around ( G ) this is your hometown , ( C ) your ( G ) home ( D ) town this is your hometown , ( G ) your ( D ) home ( C ) town , ( G ) this is your home town ( G ) in 65 tension was running high at ( C ) my ( G ) high ( D ) school there was a lot of fights between the black and white there was ( G ) nothing ( D ) you could ( C ) do ( G ) two cars at a light on a saturday night in the ( C ) back seat ( G ) was A ( D ) gun words were passed A shotgun blast troubled ( G ) times ( D ) had ( C ) come to ( G ) my hometown ( C ) my ( G ) home ( D ) town , my hometown , ( G ) my ( D ) home ( C ) town , ( G ) my hometown ( C ) now main street’s whitewashed windows and ( G ) vacant stores ( C ) seems like there ain’t nobody wants to come ( G ) down here no more ( C ) they’re closing down the textile mill ( G ) across the railroad tracks ( C ) foreman says these jobs are going boys and ( G ) they ain’t ( C ) coming ( D ) back to ( G ) your hometown , ( C ) your ( G ) home ( D ) town , your hometown , ( G ) your ( D ) home ( C ) town , ( G ) your hometown ( G ) last night me and kate we laid in bed ( C ) talking about ( G ) getting ( D ) out packing up our bags ( G ) maybe ( D ) heading ( C ) south ( G ) i’m thirty - five we got a boy of ( C ) our ( G ) own ( D ) now last night i sat him up behind the wheel and said ( G ) son take A ( D ) good look ( C ) around ( G ) this is your hometown