My Hometown chords by North Mississippi Allstars
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was eight years old and
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running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a
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paper for my old man
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I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer
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as we drove through town
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He'd tousle my hair and say son take a good
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look around this is your hometown
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This is your hometown
This is your hometown
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This is your ho metown
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Verse 2
In '65 tension was running high
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at my high school
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
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to my hometown
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My hometown
My hometown
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My hometown
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Verse 3
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Now Main Street's whitewashed
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windows and vacant stores
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Seems like there ain't nobody wants to
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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 and
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they ain't coming back to your hometown
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Your hometown
Your hometown
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Your hometown
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Verse 4
Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
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talking about getting out
Packing up our bags maybe
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heading south
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I'm thirty- five we got a
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boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and
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said son take a good look around
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This is your hometown
Outro 1
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My Hometown
North Mississippi Allstars
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