Somebody Bought My Old Hometown chords by Bobby Bare

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Verse 1
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I used to like to listen to the tales of the old
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men who sat around the old park square
But the piddlers and the whittlers and
the checker boards're gone
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There's a brand new of
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fice building there
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And the street known as Maple is much wider
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now and there are no maples to be found
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Since Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It
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bought bought bought bought bought my old hometown
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Verse 2
There used to be good fishin' down
along the shady mill stream
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You'd see 'em as they
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jumped and played
But the blue gill and the croppie and
the old mill made way
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For Chemical Division Section A
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They pulled up the flowers planted
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by the Ladies' Club
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And took the city founder statue down
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Since Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It
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bought bought bought bought bought my old hometown
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Verse 3
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Yeah the picture show has had it where
I used to spend my Saturdays
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With Jean and Roy and Pop along
Now the Brotherhood of Gismo Fixers Local
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102 is making it their temporary home
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They cut down the maples along Maple Street
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and of course the pool hall came down
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Since Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It
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bought bought bought bought bought my old hometown
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