History of a Boring Town chords by
Less Than Jake

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Verse 1

G

G

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F

F

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Just talked to this girl, used to live,

C

C

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yeah on my street

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G

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After all these years you're

F

F

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C

C

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here and you remember me

G

G

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F

F

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C

C

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She said her old boyfriend

G

G

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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Packed up and headed back east

C

C

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But she always knew

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F

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C

C

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someday he would go

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G

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F

F

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She just got a new job

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C

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and she doubts it will last

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G

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So let's take a drink and never

F

F

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C

C

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think and here's to the past

G

G

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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She says it's so funny how

F

F

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C

C

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life burns out so fast

G

G

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C

C

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It's just another wasted day

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G

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A boring

Verse 2

life in a boring town

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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In the same old crowd

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G

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And I used to say that I'd never stay

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C

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F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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But I'm rotting here today

G

G

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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With that same old crowd

F

F

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C

C

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that's always been around

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G

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C

C

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And I al ways thought

D

D

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G

G

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I'd be the first to go

Verse 3

D

D

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Em

Em

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That same old crowd that drags me down

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D

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C

C

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G

G

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Another day in a boring town

D

D

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That same old crowd that

Em

Em

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brings me down

D

D

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C

C

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A boring life in a boring town

Verse 4

G

G

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Just talked to this girl,

C

C

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F

F

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C

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used to live, yeah on my street

F

F

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G

G

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After all these years you're here

C

C

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F

F

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C

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F

F

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And it's still just you and me

G

G

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Sometimes I can't be

F

F

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C

C

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lieve after all these years

F

F

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C

C

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I just think that I'll never leave here

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G

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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She said it's so funny how

F

F

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C

C

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life burns out so fast

G

G

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C

C

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So let's take another drink

D

D

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G

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and here's to the past

Verse 5

D

D

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Em

Em

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That same old crowd that drags me down

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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Another day in a boring town

D

D

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That same old crowd that

Em

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brings me down

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D

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C

C

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A boring life in a boring

Am

Am

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town

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C

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And remember when they'd

Verse 6

G

G

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D

D

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look through you

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F

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And they'd look past me

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C

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G

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We were the ones they said

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C

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D

D

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would al ways leave

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Am

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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So when you go just think of me

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F

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Think of me

Interlude 1

C

C

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G

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G

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C

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G

G

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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F

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C

C

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A boring life

Verse 7

G

G

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in a boring town

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F

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C

C

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In the same old crowd

G

G

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And I used to say that I'd never stay

F

F

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C

C

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But I'm rotting here today

G

G

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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With that same old crowd

F

F

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C

C

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that's always been around

G

G

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C

C

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And I always thought that

G

G

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Am

Am

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C

C

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Yeah and I always thought that

Am

Am

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C

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Yeah I'd always thought that I'd be

D

D

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The first to go

Verse 8

G

G

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F

F

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A boring life

C

C

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G

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A boring town

F

F

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A boring life

C

C

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G

G

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A boring town

F

F

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A boring life

C

C

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F

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C

C

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And a boring town

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Chords

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The original key of History of a Boring Town by Less Than Jake is A major.

The primary chords used in History of a Boring Town are A, G, D, E, F#m, Bm.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like A, G, D, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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