Jacksonville Skyline chords by Whiskeytown

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) The banks of the river run through
my hometown
'BOARDED ON THE dirt roads,
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and I scraped my knees  (C major) 
G 
Well they  (G major) paved the roads eventually
With neon signs and car
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dealerships and diner (C major) s
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Em 
The sol (D major) diers fill the ho (E minor) 
C 
tels on the week (C major) ends
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Em 
I saw  (D major) the pretty wo (E minor) men as I
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D 
G 
 (C major) walked  (D major) through  (G major) town
Well, I moved away soon as I
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G 
turned sixteen  (D major)  (G major) 
Figured I was old enough to
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go and work a job  (C major) 
G 
Well I floated  (G major) down main street,
pools of car lights
WOE BECAME me,
C 
wishing I was still back home  (C major) 
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Em 
The sol (D major) diers fill the ho (E minor) tels
C 
on the week (C major) ends
D 
Em 
I saw  (D major) the pretty wo (E minor) men as I
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D 
G 
 (C major) walked  (D major) through  (G major) town
Well, Jacksonville's a city with
a hopeless streetlight
Seems like you're lucky if it ever
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change from red to green  (C major) 
G 
I was born  (G major) in an abundance
of inherited sadness
And .50 cent picture frames
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C 
bought at a  (D major) five and dime  (C major) 
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Em 
I  (D major) ended up a sol (E minor) dier on
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the week (C major) end
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Em 
 (D major) Looking for a va (E minor) cancy I
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 (C major) was NEVER to find
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Em 
Some (D major) where the night sky  (E minor) 
C 
hangs like a blanket  (C major) 
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Em 
Shoot  (D major) it with my cap  (E minor) gun
C 
just to make  (C major) it
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Seem  (D major) like stars