My Hometown chords by
Bruce Springsteen

1984Rock1.4K views

Key: A major

Intro 1

Bb

Bb

Eb

Bb

F

F

F

Bb

Dm

Eb

Verse 1
Bb Bb 
 
I was eight years old
And running with
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
a dime in  my hand
To the bus stop to pick
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F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Up a paper for my  old man
Bb Bb 
 
I'd sit on his lap
in that big old Buick
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
And steer as we drove through town
He'd tousle my hair
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
And say, "son, take a good look around"

Chorus 1
Bb Bb 
 
This is your hometown
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
This is your hometown
Bb Bb 
 
Bb Bb 
 

Verse 2
Bb Bb 
 
In '65 tension was running high
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
At my  high school
F F 
 
There was a lot of fights
Between the black and white
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F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
There was nothing you could do
Bb Bb 
 
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
In the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed
in a shotgun blast
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F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Troubled times had come

Chorus 2
Bb Bb 
 
To my  hometown
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
To my  hometown
To my hometown
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
To my  hometown
Bb Bb 
 
Bb Bb 
 

Bridge 1
Gm Gm 
 
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows
Bb Bb 
 
And vacant stores
Gm Gm 
 
Seems like there ain't nobody
Bb Bb 
 
Wants to come down here no more
Eb Eb 
 
They're closing down the textile mill
Bb Bb 
 
Across the railroad tracks
Eb Eb 
 
Foreman says, "these jobs are going, boys
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
And they ain't coming back

Chorus 3
Bb Bb 
 
To your hometown
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
To your hometown
To your hometown
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
To your hometown
Bb Bb 
 
Bb Bb 
 

Verse 3
Bb Bb 
 
Last night me and Kate
we laid in bed
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Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Talking 'bout getting out
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F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Packing up our bags, maybe hea ding south
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Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
I'm thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
And said, "son, take a good look around

Outro 1

Bb

This is your hometown

Bb

Eb

Bb

F

F

F

Bb

F

Eb

[repeat and fade]

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