INTRO: E/A A E/A A D A E Esus4 E Esus4 E A D


I was eE/Aight yAears old and rE/AunniAng with Da diAme in mEy hand
Into the Esus4bus stEop to piEsus4ck up aE paper for Amy oldD man
I'd sE/Ait on Ahis lap in that bE/Aig oAld Buick and Dsteer as we Adrove througEh town
He'd Esus4tousleE my hair and Esus4say sEon take a Agood look Daround
This is yAour hometown, E/A   A    this isD yourA homeEtown
This is Esus4your EhometownEsus4,  E      this is yAour homeDtownE/A    A 


In `65 tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come to my hometown
My hometown, my hometown, my hometown


Now MF#main Street's whitewashed windows and vE/AacanAt stoE/Ares A 
Seems liF#mke there ain't nobody wants to come E/AdownA  here no E/AmoreA 
They're clDosing down the textile mill acE/Aross the Arailroad tE/ArackAs
Foreman sDays these jobs are going boys and tAhey ain't coming Eback to
YoE/Aur hAometoE/Awn, A  D  your hAomeEtown, Esus4your EhometEsus4own, E  A   your hoDmetowE/An   A 


Last night me and Kate we laid in bed talking about getting out
Packing up our bags maybe heading south
I'm thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around
This is your hometown