Key: A major•
Verse 1
E
F#m
E
down in 1929
D
E
Waiting for our soup
D
E
Swallowing our pride
Verse 2
should've burn
E
F#m
down in 1931
E
F#m
When the rain refused to come
D
E
Air filled up our bellies,
D
E
dust filled up our lungs
D
Bm
A
D
E
And we thought our time had come
Verse 3
E
A
built by hand
D
E
A
In the dust bowl of the moth
E
D
A
Bm
F#m
erland
E
A
this town still stands
Verse 4
E
F#m
down in 1944
E
F#m
When the last men went to war
D
E
They came back different
D
E
If they came back at all
Verse 5
E
F#m
E
down in 1956
D
E
And all our hopes were buried
D
E
Beneath the boards and bricks
D
A
Bm
A
D
E
And we al most called it quits
Verse 6
D
E
A
This old town was built by hand
D
E
In the dust bowl of
A
E
A
Bm
the motherland
F#m
C#m
There must be rock be
E
A
this town still stands
Verse 7
A
C#m
D
The city lights do shine
The sidewalks gleam
Verse 8
children
C#m
D
Ask me why didn't I go
D
E
Is the people that you've known
D
Bm
D
E
They'll always call you home
Verse 9
E
A
built by hand
D
E
A
In the dust bowl of the mother
E
A
Bm
F#m
land
C#m
D
There must be rock beneath this sand
Bm
E
A
Oh I'll be damned, this town still stands
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E F#m D Bm...
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