My Hometown chords by
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen (Official Version)

1984Rock1.4K views
5.0 (7)
Key: A majorDifficulty: Easy
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was eight years old
And running with
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a dime in my hand
To the bus stop to pick
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Up a paper for my old man
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I'd sit on his lap
in that big old Buick
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And steer as we drove through town
He'd tousle my hair
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And say, "son, take a good look around"
Chorus 1
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This is your hometown
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This is your hometown
This is your hometown
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This is your hometown
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Verse 2
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In '65 tension was running high
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At my high school
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There was a lot of fights
Between the black and white
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There was nothing you could do
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Two cars at a light on a Saturday night
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In the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed
in a shotgun blast
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Troubled times had come
Chorus 2
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To my hometown
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To my hometown
To my hometown
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To my hometown
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Bridge 1
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Now Main Street's whitewashed windows
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And vacant stores
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Seems like there ain't nobody
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Wants to come down here no more
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They're closing down the textile mill
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Across the railroad tracks
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Foreman says, "these jobs are going, boys
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And they ain't coming back
Chorus 3
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To your hometown
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To your hometown
To your hometown
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To your hometown
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Verse 3
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Last night me and Kate
we laid in bed
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Talking 'bout getting out
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Packing up our bags, maybe heading south
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I'm thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel
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And said, "son, take a good look around
Outro 1
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This is your hometown
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[repeat and fade]

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