Somebody Bought My Old Hometown chords by Bobby Bare

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Verse 1
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 (D major) I used to like to listen to the tales of the old
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men who sat  (G major) around the  (A major) old park  (D major) square
But the piddlers and the whittlers and
the checker boards're gone
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 (E major) There's a brand new  (A major) of
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fice building  (D major) there
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And the street  (G major) known as Maple is  (D major) much wider
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now and there are no  (E major) maples to be found  (A major) 
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Since Con (D major) solidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It
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 (G major) bought bought bought bought  (A major) bought my old homet (D major) own
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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  (G major) 'em as they
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jumped  (A major) and  (D major) played
But the blue gill and the croppie and
the old mill made way
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For  (E major) Chemical Divi (A major) sion Section  (D major) A
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They  (G major) pulled up the flowers planted
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by  (D major) the Ladies' Club
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And took the city founder  (E major) statue  (A major) down
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Since Con (D major) solidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It
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 (G major) bought bought bought bought  (A major) bought my old homet (D major) own
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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  (G major) Jean and Roy and  (A major) Pop along  (D major) 
Now the Brotherhood of Gismo Fixers Local
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102 is  (E major) making it their  (A major) temporary  (D major) home
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They  (G major) cut down the maples along  (D major) Maple Street
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and of course the  (E major) pool hall came  (A major) down
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Since Con (D major) solidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It
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bought  (G major) bought bought bought  (A major) bought my old homet (D major) own
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