My Hometown [A] - Bruce Springsteen
[Intro]
[A] [A] [D] [A] [E]
[E] [E] [A] [E] [D]
[Verse 1]
[A]I was eight years old and running with a dime in my [D]hand [A] [E]
[E]Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my [A]old [E]man [D]
[A]I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we [D]drove through [A]town [E]
[E]He'd tousle my hair and he'd say son take a good [A]look a-[E]-round [D]
[Chorus]
[A]This is your hometown, [D]this is your [A]home [E]town
[E]This is your hometown, [A]this is your [E]home [D]town [A]
[Verse 2]
[A]In '65 tension was running high at my [D]high [A]school [E]
[E]There was a lot of fights between the black and white / there was nothing you could [A]do [E] [D]
Two [A]cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the back seat [D]there was a [A]gun [E]
[E]Words were passed, a shotgun blast / troubled [A]times had [E]come [D]
[Chorus]
To [A]my hometown, [D]to my [A]home [E]town,
To [E]my hometown, [A]to my [E]home [D]town [A]
[Bridge]
Now [F#m]Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant [A]stores
Seems [F#m]like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no [A]more
They're [D]closing down the textile mill across the railroad [A]tracks
[D]Foreman says these jobs are going boys and [A]they ain't coming [E]back
[Chorus]
To [A]your hometown, [D]your home [A]town,
To [E]your hometown, [A]to your [E]home [D]town [A]
[Verse 3]
[A]Last night me and Kate, we laid in bed talking about [D]getting [A]out [E]
[E]Packing up our bags, maybe heading [A]south [E] [D]
I'm [A]thirty-five, we got a boy of our [D]own [A]now [E]
[E]Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good [A]look a-[E]-round [D] [D]
[Chorus]
[A]This is your hometown... [D] [A] [E]
[E] [A] [E] [D]
[Outro]
[A] [A] [D] [A] [E]
[E] [E] [A] [E] [D]