Chords for Nanci Griffith - This Old Town

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This old town should have [E] burned down in [F#m] 1929
[E] Well that's when we stood [F#m] in the line
[D] Waiting [E] for our soup
[D] _ [E] Swallowing our [A] pride
And this old town should have [E] burned down in [F#m] 1931
[E] When the rain [A] refused to come
[D] Air [E] filled up our [Bm] bellies
And dust [E] filled up our lungs
[D] And we [A] thought [D] our time had come
[E] And [D] this old town [E] [A] was built by hand
[D] In the dust [E] bowl [A] of the _ _ motherland
There [F#m] _ [A] must be [D] rock beneath the sand
[Bm] I'll be damned
[E] This town [A] still stands _ _ _
_ _ This old town should have [E] burned down in [F#m] 1944
[E] When the last men [F#m] went to war
[D] They [E] came back different
[D] If they came [E] back at [A] all
This old town should have burned [E] down in [F#m] 1956
_ [E] That's when the [F#m] twister hit
[D] And all our [E] hopes were buried [D] beneath the [E] 410 bricks
[A] We almost [D] called it quits
[E] And [D] this old town [E] was built [A] by hand
[D] In the dust [E] bowl [A] of the _
[E] motherland
[F#m] _ _ There [C#m] must be [D] rock beneath the sand
[Bm] I'll be damned
[E] _ This town [A] still stands _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] Somewhere _ [C#m] wants the city [D] lights to shine
The sidewalks [A] gleam with neon green
They call from [E] time to [F#m] time
And my children's children [C#m] ask me why I [D] didn't go
To stay in the heart of [E] any town
[D] It's the people [E] best known
And [D] they'll always call you home
[E] And this [D] old [Bm] town [A] was built by hand
In [D] the [E] dust bowl [A]
of the _ _ motherland
[F#m] There [C#m]
must be [D] rock beneath the sand
[Bm] I'll be [E] damned
This town [A] still stands
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