little town chords by Dar Williams
Verse 1
Am
It's nothing that you did,
you gotta understand
Em
F
You're taking it too fast,
G
C
it's going way too fast
Am
It's nothing that you did,
F
it's not the color of your skin
C
The one thing you should know,
G
you gotta take it slow
F
What they call the shifting of the sand
G
Am
s I see as your demands
When you change you can't ignore
F
What things are and were before
C
Verse 2
F
G
My family has been here
C
for generations
F
G
C
And now I have two children of my own
Bb
Am
And I knew that I would stay here,
Bb
Am
always knew I'd stay here
G
It's not a new world that you found
It's just a little town
F
Verse 3
Am
Everybody knows who was
Em
born and raised here
F
The mayor is my friend,
G
C
I've known him all my life
Am
F
Each year he and I plan the Fourth of July
C
So why'd he ask you too? You,
G
especially you?
F
G
He said this town, for all its pride,
Am
it's been dying from inside
And we've got to find our way
F
C
We'll start with Independence Day
Verse 4
F
G
And as the fireworks came up
C
above the mountain
F
G
Am
I saw you put your hand up to your heart
Bb
Am
And I saw the mayor watching,
Bb
Am
knew my kids were watching
G
Hope that I would come around
F
Big parade, little town
Verse 5
F
G
Now the months come after months
Am
Em
and every Fourth of July
F
G
We help our children putting
Am
Em
all the flags on the line
F
G
Up and down the Main Street,
Am
Em
every country that we're from
Bb
Am
Like the mayor always wanted
Bb
He's been gone for sev
Am
en years now
G
Verse 6
Am
It's quiet by the lake,
Em
walking with our dogs
F
How long has it been,
G
C
oh it's been a long time now
Am
We talk about this town,
F
you're the mayor of it now
C
They're all moving here,
G
everyone comes here
F
We like to say we don't
G
get out that much
'Cause the whole world
Am
comes to us
F
We can't blame them now, we say,
C
F
we are just a little great
And you know that I'm not proud
G
Am
Those things I dared to say out loud
F
But you wave it all away, my friend,
C
you wave it all away
Verse 7
F
But my kids,
G
C
they went off in all directions
F
G
And I know it's thanks to you
Am
they have returned
Bb
Am
They have all this understanding,
Bb
Am
all this understanding
G
They have been the world around
And they came back to our
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little town
F
Am
Em
C
F
G
C
little town
Dar Williams
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