Hometown chords by Thirteen

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Intro 1

Half of

Verse 1
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my
high school got too drunk
Half of my high school fell in
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love with the girl next door
In their daddy's
Ford
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Half of my main street's miniskirts
Half of my main street's
dressed for church
C 
You can use some rain
And a fresh coat of paint
G 
Half of my hometown's
still hanging around
D 
Still talking about that one
touchdown
Em 
They're still wearing red and black
C 
Go bobcats  while the other
half of my hometown
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D 
They all got out, some went north,
some went south
Em 
D 
Still looking for a feelin'
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half of us ain't found
Am 
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C 
So stay or leave, part of me will always be
G 
Half of my hometown
Half of our prom queens cut their hair,
half of them think that it ain't fair
C 
The quarterback moved away
and never came back
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Half of my family's happy I left,
the other half worries
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I'll just forget where I  came from
Same place where they came from
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Half of my hometown still hangin' around
D 
Still talkin' about that
one touchdown
Em 
They're still wearin' red and black
C 
Gold -filed cats  by the other half
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Of my hometown, they all got out
D 
Some went north, some went south
Em 
D 
Still lookin' for a feelin'
Half of us ain't found
C 
Am 
So stay or leave,
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C 
part of me will always be
G 
Half of my hometown
D 
Em 
Mm -mm, half of my hometown
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Oh -oh -oh
Em 
D 
C 
Back roads, razors, highways,
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they take us
Am 
G 
C 
Memories, make us wanna go back
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To our hometown, settle down
Talk about that one touchdown
D 
Em 
Raise some kids and let them black
C 
Go bobcats  while the other half
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But my hometown was in the crowd
D 
They knew the words,
they sang them loud
Em 
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And all I wanna do is
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make them proud
Am 
G 
Cause life for me will always be
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Knoxville,
Tennessee
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My hometown
My hometown
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My hometown