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Smalltown easy guitar chords by
John Cale And Lou Reed
John Cale And Lou Reed

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Verse 1
D

When you're growing
G

up in a small town
A

When you're growing
D

up in a small town
G

When you're growing up in a small town
A

You say, "no one famous
D

ever came from here"
Verse 2
D

When you're growing up in
G

a small town
A

And you're having a nervous breakdown
D

And you think that you'll never
G

escape it
A
D

Yourself or the place that you live
Verse 3
D
G

Where did Picasso come from?
A

There's no Michelangelo
D

coming from Pittsburgh
G

If art is the tip of the iceberg
A

I'm the part sinking below
D
A
D
G
A
D
A
D

G
A
Verse 4
D

When you're
G

growing up in a small town
A
D

Bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty
G

People look at you funny
A
D

When you're in a small town
Verse 5
D
G

My father worked in construction
A
D

It's not something for which I'm suited
G

Oh, what is something for

which you are suited?
A
D

Getting out of here
Interlude 1
D
A
D

G
A
D
A
D
G
A
D

Verse 6
D
G

I hate being odd in a small town
A
D

If they stare let them stare in New York City

At this pink eyed painting albino
G
A
D

How far can my fantasy go?
Verse 7
D
G

I'm no Dali coming from Pittsburgh
A
D

No adorable lisping Capote

My hero, oh,
G

do you think I could meet him?
A
D

I'd camp out at his front door
Verse 8
D

There's only one good thing
G

about small town
A

There's only one good use
D

for a small town

There's only one good thing
G

about small town
A

You know that you want
D

to get out
Verse 9
D
G

When you're growing up in a small town
A

You know you'll grow down
D

in a small town

There's only one good
G

use for a small town
Verse 10
G

You hate it and you'll know you have to leave

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