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Verse 1
(G major) This old town should've burned
down in (D major) (E minor) (D major) 1929
That's when we stood in line (E minor)
(C major) Waiting for our soup (D major)
Swallowing (C major) our (D major) pride
(G major) This old town
Verse 2
should've burn
down in (D major) (E minor) 1931
When the (D major) rain refused to (E minor) come
(C major) Air filled up our (D major) bellies,
(C major) dust filled up our (D major) lungs
And we (C major) thought our (A minor) time (G major) had (C major) come (D major)
This old (C major) town was
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Verse 3
(D major) built by (G major) hand
In the dust (C major) bowl (D major) of the moth (G major)
(D major) erland (C major) (G major) (A minor) (E minor)
There (B minor) must be rock be
(C major) neath this sand
(A minor) Oh' I'll be damned,
(D major) this town still (G major) stands
Verse 4
(G major) This old town should've burned
down (D major) in (E minor) 1944
When the (D major) last men went to (E minor) war
(C major) They came back (D major) different
If (C major) they came back at (D major) all
Verse 5
(G major) This old town should've burned
(D major) down in (E minor) (D major) 1956
That's when the twister hit (E minor)
And (C major) all our hopes were (D major) buried
Be (C major) neath the boards and (D major) bricks
And we (C major) al most (G major) (A minor) called (G major) it (C major) quits (D major)
Verse 6
This old (C major) town was (D major) built by (G major) hand
In the dust (C major) bowl (D major) of
the mother (G major) land (D major) (G major) (A minor)
(E minor) There must be (B minor) rock be
(C major) neath this sand
(A minor) Oh' I'll be damned,
(D major) this town still (G major) stands
Verse 7
(G major)
(E minor) Somewhere in the distance
The (B minor) city lights do (C major) shine
The sidewalks gleam
(G major) with neon dreams
That call from time to (D major) time
(E minor) When my children's
Verse 8
children
Ask me (B minor) why didn't I go (C major)
They say the heart of any town (D major)
Is the (C major) people that you've known (D major)
They'll (C major) always (A minor) call (C major) you home (D major)
This old (C major) town was
Verse 9
(D major) built by (G major) hand
In the dust (C major) bowl (D major) of the mother (G major)
(D major) land (G major) (A minor) (E minor)
There must be (B minor) rock be (C major) neath this sand
Oh (A minor) I'll be damned, (D major) this town still (G major) stands
This Old Town
Nanci Griffith
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