Chords for Iris Dement Performs "Our Town"
Tempo:
93.25 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Start Jamming...
[E] [B]
[F#] [B] Off the street [E] beside the red neon light That's where I met my baby [F#] on one hot summer night
[B] He was the [E] tender and the order to beer [B]
It's been forty years and I'm [F#] still sitting here
[B] But you [E] know the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B] Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye [B] But hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B]
die
Go on [E] now and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our [B] town
Can't you see [E] the sun's setting down [B] On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] [E]
[B] [F#] [B] It's here I had my [E] babies and I had my first kiss [B] I've walked down Main [F#] Street in the cold morning mist
[B] Over [E] there is where I bought my first [B] car It turned over once but [F#] then it never went [B] far
And I can [E] see the sun's setting fast [B] And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever [B] lasts
Well go [E] on now and kiss it goodbye But [B] hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B] die
Go on now [E] and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our town
[B]
Can't you [E] see the sun's setting [B] down On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] I [E]
[B] [F#]
[B] buried my mama [E] and I buried my pa [B] They sleep up the street beside [F#] that pretty brick [B] wall
I bring them flowers [E] about every day But [B] I just gotta cry [F#] when I think what they'd say
[B] If they could [E] see how the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B] Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye [B] But hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to die
Go on [E] now and say goodbye [B] To our town, to [F#] our town
[B]
Can't you see [E] the sun's setting down [B] On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] Now
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] I sit on the [E] porch and watch the lightning bugs [B] fly But I can't see too good I've [F#] got tears in my eyes
[B] I'm leaving tomorrow [E] but I don't wanna [B] go I love you my town you'll [F#] always live in my soul
[B] But I can [E] see the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B]
Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye But [B] hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B] die
Go [E] on now and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our town
[B] Can't you [E] see the sun's setting [B] down On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] Goodnight,
[E] [B]
[F#] [B] goodnight
[E] [B] [F#]
[B]
[F#]
[N]
[F#] [B] Off the street [E] beside the red neon light That's where I met my baby [F#] on one hot summer night
[B] He was the [E] tender and the order to beer [B]
It's been forty years and I'm [F#] still sitting here
[B] But you [E] know the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B] Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye [B] But hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B]
die
Go on [E] now and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our [B] town
Can't you see [E] the sun's setting down [B] On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] [E]
[B] [F#] [B] It's here I had my [E] babies and I had my first kiss [B] I've walked down Main [F#] Street in the cold morning mist
[B] Over [E] there is where I bought my first [B] car It turned over once but [F#] then it never went [B] far
And I can [E] see the sun's setting fast [B] And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever [B] lasts
Well go [E] on now and kiss it goodbye But [B] hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B] die
Go on now [E] and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our town
[B]
Can't you [E] see the sun's setting [B] down On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] I [E]
[B] [F#]
[B] buried my mama [E] and I buried my pa [B] They sleep up the street beside [F#] that pretty brick [B] wall
I bring them flowers [E] about every day But [B] I just gotta cry [F#] when I think what they'd say
[B] If they could [E] see how the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B] Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye [B] But hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to die
Go on [E] now and say goodbye [B] To our town, to [F#] our town
[B]
Can't you see [E] the sun's setting down [B] On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] Now
[E] [B] [F#]
[B] I sit on the [E] porch and watch the lightning bugs [B] fly But I can't see too good I've [F#] got tears in my eyes
[B] I'm leaving tomorrow [E] but I don't wanna [B] go I love you my town you'll [F#] always live in my soul
[B] But I can [E] see the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B]
Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye But [B] hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B] die
Go [E] on now and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our town
[B] Can't you [E] see the sun's setting [B] down On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] Goodnight,
[E] [B]
[F#] [B] goodnight
[E] [B] [F#]
[B]
[F#]
[N]
Key:
B
F#
E
B
F#
E
B
F#
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] Off the street [E] beside the red neon light That's where I met my baby [F#] on one hot summer night
[B] He was the [E] tender and the order to beer [B]
It's been forty years and I'm [F#] still sitting here
[B] But you [E] know the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B] Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye [B] But hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B]
die
Go on [E] now and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our [B] town
Can't you see [E] the sun's setting down [B] On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] It's here I had my [E] babies and I had my first kiss [B] I've walked down Main [F#] Street in the cold morning mist
[B] _ Over [E] there is where I bought my first [B] car It turned over once but [F#] then it never went [B] far
And I can [E] see the sun's setting fast [B] And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever [B] lasts
Well go [E] on now and kiss it goodbye But [B] hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B] die
Go on now [E] and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our town
[B] _
Can't you [E] see the sun's setting [B] down On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] I _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] buried my mama [E] and I buried my pa [B] They sleep up the street beside [F#] that pretty brick [B] wall
I bring them flowers [E] about every day But [B] I just gotta cry [F#] when I think what they'd say
[B] If they could [E] see how the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B] Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye [B] But hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to die
Go on [E] now and say goodbye [B] To our town, to [F#] our town
[B] _
Can't you see [E] the sun's setting down [B] On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] Now _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] I sit on the [E] porch and watch the lightning bugs [B] fly But I can't see too good I've [F#] got tears in my eyes
[B] I'm leaving tomorrow [E] but I don't wanna [B] go I love you my town you'll [F#] always live in my soul
[B] But I can [E] see the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B]
Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye But [B] hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B] die
Go [E] on now and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our town
[B] _ Can't you [E] see the sun's setting [B] down On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] Goodnight, _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ goodnight
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] Off the street [E] beside the red neon light That's where I met my baby [F#] on one hot summer night
[B] He was the [E] tender and the order to beer [B]
It's been forty years and I'm [F#] still sitting here
[B] But you [E] know the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B] Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye [B] But hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B]
die
Go on [E] now and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our [B] town
Can't you see [E] the sun's setting down [B] On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] It's here I had my [E] babies and I had my first kiss [B] I've walked down Main [F#] Street in the cold morning mist
[B] _ Over [E] there is where I bought my first [B] car It turned over once but [F#] then it never went [B] far
And I can [E] see the sun's setting fast [B] And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever [B] lasts
Well go [E] on now and kiss it goodbye But [B] hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B] die
Go on now [E] and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our town
[B] _
Can't you [E] see the sun's setting [B] down On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] I _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] buried my mama [E] and I buried my pa [B] They sleep up the street beside [F#] that pretty brick [B] wall
I bring them flowers [E] about every day But [B] I just gotta cry [F#] when I think what they'd say
[B] If they could [E] see how the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B] Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye [B] But hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to die
Go on [E] now and say goodbye [B] To our town, to [F#] our town
[B] _
Can't you see [E] the sun's setting down [B] On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] Now _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] I sit on the [E] porch and watch the lightning bugs [B] fly But I can't see too good I've [F#] got tears in my eyes
[B] I'm leaving tomorrow [E] but I don't wanna [B] go I love you my town you'll [F#] always live in my soul
[B] But I can [E] see the sun's setting [B] fast And just like they say nothing [F#] good ever lasts
[B]
Well go on [E] now and kiss it goodbye But [B] hold on to your lover [F#] cause your heart's bound to [B] die
Go [E] on now and say goodbye [B] To our town, [F#] to our town
[B] _ Can't you [E] see the sun's setting [B] down On our town, [F#] on our town
[B] Goodnight, _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ goodnight
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _