Small Town Saturday Night chords by Hal Ketchum (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1

There's an Elvis movie on the marquee sign,

We've all seen at least three times

Everybody's broke, Bobby's got a buck

Put a dollar's worth of gas in his pickup truck

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Pre-chorus 1

We're going' ninety miles an hour

down a dead end road

What's the hurry, son, where you gonna go?

Chorus 1

We're gonna howl at the moon,

shoot out the light

It's a small town Saturday night

Interlude 1

Verse 2

Lucy's got her lipstick on a little too bright

Bobby's gettin' drunk and lookin' for a fight

Liquor on his breath, trouble on his mind

And Lucy's just a kid along for the ride

Pre-chorus 2

Got a six-pack of beer and a bottle of wine

Gotta be bad just to have a good time

Chorus 2

They're gonna howl at the moon,

shoot out the light

It's a small town Saturday night

Interlude 2

Verse 3
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
Bob (A flat major) by  told Lucy: "The world  (E flat major) ain't  (A flat major) round
Db 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
Drops  (D flat major) off sharp  (A flat major) at the  (E flat major) edge of  (A flat major) town
Eb 
Ab 
Lucy, you know the world  (E flat major) must be  (A flat major) flat
Db 
Ab 
'Cause when  (D flat major) people leave  (A flat major) town,
Eb 
Ab 
they nev (E flat major) er  come  (A flat major) back"

Pre-chorus 3

They go ninety miles an hour

to the city limits sign

Put the pedal to the metal

'fore they change their mind

Chorus 3
Db 
Ab 
They  (D flat major) howl at the  (A flat major) moon,
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) shoot out the  (A flat major) light
Db 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
It's a  (D flat major) small  (A flat major) town  (E flat major) Saturday night  (A flat major) 
Db 
Ab 
Yeah,  (D flat major) howl at the  (A flat major) moon,
Eb 
Fm 
 (E flat major) shoot out the  (F minor) light
Db 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
it's a  (D flat major) small  (A flat major) town  (E flat major) Saturday night  (A flat major) 
Db 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
It's a  (D flat major) small  (A flat major) town  (E flat major) Saturday night  (A flat major) 
Db 
Ab 
Eb 
Ab 
It's a  (D flat major) small  (A flat major) town  (E flat major) Saturday night  (A flat major) 

Outro 1

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: Ab majorBPM: 155

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Db: x-4-6-6-6-x
Ab: 4-6-6-5-4-4
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
Fm: x-x-3-1-1-1

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This is the definitive original version of Small Town Saturday Night by Hal Ketchum, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of Ab major. It suits players who want to learn Small Town Saturday Night the way Hal Ketchum intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.