Chords for Odd Nordstoga/Darling West, "My Hometown" performed at Trygdekontoret.

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[G] 30 years old, running with [C] a [G] dime in [D] my hand _
I stopped to pick a puppy [G] for my [C] old mate _
[G] I sat on a slab, _ big old buke, steer as we drove [D] through town
He tasseled my hair, said son take [G] a good look [C] around _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ Your hometown, _
_ _ _ _ [C] your [G] _
[D] hometown, _ _ _ your hometown, _ _ _ _ [G] _ your _
[C] hometown _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Sixty-five, I was running high, at my [D] high school _
Lot of fights between us, black and white, [G] there was nothing you could [C] do _
[G] Cars are alive, on a Saturday night, [C] in the backseat [G] there [D] was a gun _
Words were passed, shotgun blast, [G] troubled times [C] had _ come
_ _ _ _ [G] My hometown, _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] my _
[D] hometown, _ _ my _ _ hometown, _ _ [G] my _ _
[C] _ hometown _ _ _ _ _
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[Em] The main street, whitewashed windows, _ [G] and vacant stores
_ _ Seems [Em] like there ain't nobody, wants to [G] come down here no _ more _
They're [C] closing _ down the textile mill, [G] across the railroad _ tracks _
[C] Foreman says these jobs are going boys, [G] and they ain't [D] coming back _
[G] Your hometown, _ _ _ _ _
[C] your [G] _ [D] hometown, _ _ _ your hometown, _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ your [C] hometown _ _
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_ _ _ _ Scott me and Kate, laying in bed, talking about getting [D] out
_ Packing up our bags, maybe [G] _ _ _
bedding [C] style
_ [G] Thirty-five, got a boy [C] of [G] our own
_ [D] _ _ Last night I sat him up, behind the wheels, [G] said son take a good look [C] around _ _ _ _ _
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[G] This is my hometown, _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] your [D] hometown, _ _ _ your _ hometown, _ _ _
[G] _ your hometown
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