My Hometown chords by
Bruce Springsteen

1984Rock1.4K views

Key: A major

Intro 1

C

C

F

C

G

G

G

C

Em

F

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

Chorus 1
C C 
 
This is your hometown
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
This is your hometown
C C 
 
C C 
 

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

Chorus 2
C C 
 
To my hometown
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
To my hometown
To my hometown
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
To my hometown
C C 
 
C C 
 

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

Chorus 3
C C 
 
To your hometown
F F 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
To your hometown
To your hometown
C C 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
To your hometown
C C 
 
C C 
 

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

Outro 1

C

This is your hometown

C

F

C

G

G

G

C

G

F

[repeat and fade]

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