This Old Town
This Old Town

This Old Town easy guitar chords by Nanci Griffith

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    • Verse 1
    This 
    old 
    town 
    should've 
    burned 

    down 
    in 
    1929 

    That's 
    when we 
    stood 
    in line 

    Waiting 
    for 
    our soup 

    Swallowing 
    our 
    pride 

    This 
    old 
    town 
    Verse 2
    should've 
    burn 

    down 
    in 
    1931 

    When the 
    rain 
    refused 
    to 
    come 

    Air 
    filled 
    up 
    our 
    bellies, 

    dust 
    filled 
    up 
    our 
    lungs 

    And we 
    thought 
    our 
    time 
    had 
    come 

    This 
    old 
    town 
    was 
    Verse 3
    built 
    by 
    hand 

    In 
    the dust 
    bowl 
    of 
    the moth

    erland 

    There 
    must 
    be 
    rock 
    be

    neath 
    this sand 

    Oh' I'll 
    be 
    damned, 

    this 
    town 
    still 
    stands 

    Verse 4
    This 
    old 
    town 
    should've 
    burned 

    down 
    in 
    1944 

    When the 
    last 
    men 
    went 
    to 
    war 

    They came 
    back 
    different 

    If 
    they 
    came 
    back 
    at 
    all 

    Verse 5
    This 
    old 
    town 
    should've 
    burned 

    down 
    in 
    1956 

    That's 
    when the 
    twister 
    hit 

    And 
    all 
    our 
    hopes 
    were 
    buried 

    Be
    neath 
    the boards 
    and 
    bricks 

    And we 
    al
    most 
    called 
    it 
    quits 

    Verse 6
    This 
    old 
    town 
    was 
    built 
    by 
    hand 

    In 
    the dust 
    bowl 
    of 

    the mother
    land 

    There 
    must 
    be 
    rock 
    be

    neath 
    this sand 

    Oh' I'll 
    be 
    damned, 

    this 
    town 
    still 
    stands 

    Verse 7

    Somewhere 
    in 
    the distance 

    The 
    city 
    lights 
    do 
    shine 

    The 
    sidewalks 
    gleam 

    with neon 
    dreams 

    That call 
    from 
    time 
    to 
    time 

    When my 
    children's 
    Verse 8
    children 

    Ask 
    me 
    why 
    didn't 
    I go 

    They say the 
    heart 
    of 
    any 
    town 

    Is 
    the 
    people 
    that 
    you've known 

    They'll 
    always 
    call 
    you 
    home 

    This 
    old 
    town 
    was 
    Verse 9
    built 
    by 
    hand 

    In 
    the dust 
    bowl 
    of 
    the mother

    land 

    There must 
    be 
    rock 
    be
    neath 
    this sand 

    Oh 
    I'll 
    be 
    damned, 
    this 
    town 
    still 
    stands 

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