In my town chords by Ry Cooder
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (C major) (A major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 1
Up here on the (D major) hill,
it's starting to rain, (D minor)
The sun's (Aaug) (D minor) disappearing (Aaug) through my windowpane,
(D minor) (D major)
And everything's still (B minor)
(D major) in my room.
Then a trolley goes by with its
clattering sound, (B minor) (D major) (G major)
Like a clock on the wall and the
rain coming down, (D major)
And somebody's chattering way
down the hall from my room. (C major) (D major)
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Verse 2
From my (G major) room, I see old town. (A major)
Crook town, wop town, (D major)
and spic town. (E minor)
Black town, (G major) shack town, and hick town,
(A major) from my (D major) room. (G major) (D major) (A major)
Looking (G major) down through the rain, (D major)
I (G major) think the future's going my (D major) way.
And there's a (E minor) freeway
(G major) coming (A major) soon (F sharp minor)
(G major) Right through this dirty old (A minor) room.
Can (C major) 't you see (D major) (C major) a 50- story build (A minor) ing
(A major) Where a palm tree used to (F major) be? (G major) (D minor) (D major)
Well, I like a town that's flat,
I like a street that's tame. (G major)
(B flat major) You take out the trash; they all
(D major) do the same. (G major)
But get (D major) back inside and re (C major) main,
(C sharp major) (G major) until (D major) no tified.
(D minor) (G major) (D major) I want a town that's clean and I
want a rule (D minor) that's maintained.
Verse 3
If you're (D major) brown, back down.
If you're black, get back.
(C major) Better (G minor) white than right.
(C major) Better dead (D major) than red.
Better (B flat major) keep it con (B flat minor) tained
(C sharp major) (D minor) in my (D major) town. (G minor) (C major)
(D major) Now, in my town, I'm the big cheese.
Don't (E flat major) like all those commie
rats in the palm (D major) trees
Up there in Chavez Rav (C major) ine.
They come down here to City (D major) Hall,
Creating a big scene,
crying (E flat major) "foul ball."
We'll (A major) put the (D major) head rat on the stand.
"Are you (G minor) now or have you (F sharp major) ever been?" (D major)
Chief runs a make; director
runs the names. (E flat major)
I write the (D major) rules; I call the game.
There's (G major) (C major) the pitch,
it's (D major) good; there goes your old neighbor (Aaug) hood.
Tell (E flat major) the mayor
Verse 4
(D major) duck out the back,
Tell the monsignor keep (G major) the
deal (A major) under his (D major) hat.
Chavez Ravine plugged up,
Bunker (E flat major) Hill ripped down.
Cement (D major) mixers spreading the word around.
(E flat major) This (C major) here is (G major) (D minor) (A major) my town. (E flat major) (D major) (F major)
(E flat major) (E minor) (A minor) (E flat major)
(D major) (A minor) (D major)
(E flat major) (D major) (A minor)
(G major) (B flat major) (G major) (D minor) (A minor) (C major) (E flat major) (D major) (A minor)
(C major) (A minor) (B flat minor) (D major)
Then the trolley stops by on its way (A major) down the hill, (D major)
(B minor) (G major) (A major)
And somebody's passing
by my win (G major) dow sill. (D major)
No shoes on the stairs,
no (A major) knock at the (D major) door
Of my (G major) room, (A major) (G major) (A major) of my room. (D major)
Why should I go down?
In my town
Ry cooder
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