Key: A major
Verse 1
Gsus2
G
Gsus2
G
This old town should
Dsus4
have burned down in 1929
Csus2
Dsus4
Csus2
That's when we stood in line
Am
Waiting for our soup
G
Csus2
Dsus4
while swallowing our pride
Gsus2
G
This old town should have
Dsus4
burned down in 1931
Csus2
Dsus4
Csus2
when the rain refused to come.
C
Am
G
Air filled up our bellies,
Csus2
C
Csus2
dust filled up our lungs,
Dsus4
Am
G
and we thought our time
Csus2
Dsus4
had come.
Csus2
C
Csus2
Dsus4
G
Csus2
But this old town was built by hand in the dust
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
G
Em
D
Dsus4
Csus2
Am
C
Dsus4
G
This old town should have
Dsus4
burned down in 1944
Csus2
Dsus4
When the last man
G
Csus2
went to war
Am
G
they came back different if
Csus2
Dsus4
they came back at all
G
this old town should have burned
Csus2
down in 1956
Dsus4
Csus2
that's when the twister hit
Am
G
and all our hopes lay buried beneath
Csus2
Dsus4
the boards and brick s
Am
G
Csus2
And we almost called it quits
Dsus4
Csus2
C
This old town was
Csus2
Dsus4
G
built by hand
C
Csus2
Dsus4
In the dust bowl of
G
Dsus4
G
the motherland
Em
D
Dsus4
There must be rock be
Csus2
neath the sand
Am
I'll be damned
C
Csus2
C
Dsus4
G
This town still stands
Em
Somewhere in the distance
G
Bm
The city lights do shine
C
Sidewalks gleam
G
Neon dreams that call
Am
Dsus4
From time to time
Em
When my children's children
Bm
C
Ask why I didn't go
Csus2
C
Am
I see the heart of any town
G
Csus2
C
Is the people that you've
Csus2
Dsus4
known
Am
G
Csus2
And they always call you home
Dsus4
G
C
Dsus4
G
This old town was built by hand
C
Csus2
Dsus4
In the dust bowl of
G
Dsus4
the motherland
G
Em
D
An d there is rock
Csus2
beneath the sand,
C
Am
I'll be damned,
G
Csus2
Dsus4
G
if this town still stands.
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