Capo: 2nd fret

[Verse 1]

G C G D

I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand

D G D C

Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man

G C G D

I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town

D G D C

He'd tousle my hair and he'd say son take a good look around


[Refrain]

G C G D

This is your hometown, your home town

D G D C G

This is your hometown, your home town, this is your home town


[Verse 2]

G C G D

In 65 tension was running high at my high school

D G D C

There was a lot of fights between the black and white / there was nothing you could do

G C G D

Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat was a gun

D G D C

Words were passed a shotgun blast / troubled times had come

[Refrain]

G C G D

To my hometown, my home town,

D G D C G

My hometown, my home town, my hometown


[Bridge]


Em G

Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores

Em G

Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more

Em G

They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks

C G C D

Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to


[Refrain]


G C G D

Your hometown, your home town,

D G D C G

your hometown, your home town, your hometown


[Verse 3]


G C G D

Last night me and Kate we laid in bed talking about getting out

D G D C

Packing up our bags maybe heading south

G C G D

I'm thirty-five we got a boy of our own now

D G D C

Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around


[Refrain]


G C G D

This is your hometown, your home town,

D G D C G

your hometown, your home town, your hometown