Chords for Steve Earle and Del Mccoury Hometown Blues

Tempo:
93.1 bpm
Chords used:

B

F#

E

G#m

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Steve Earle and  Del Mccoury  Hometown Blues chords
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Town [G#m] boys with apologies to Thomas [G#] Wolfe and Dr.
Anderson.
[B]
[G#m] [F#] [C#] [F#]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] [F#] [B]
I wish I'd never come back home.
[Bm]
[B] It don't feel right since I've [F#] been grown.
[C#] [F#]
[B] I can't find any of [E] my old friends hanging around.
[G#m] Want nothing to [F#] bring you down like your [B] hometown.
I spent some time in New Orleans.
I had to live on [F#] rice and [C#] beans.
[F#]
[B] I hitched to Texas [E] when the sun was beating down.
Want nothing to [F#] bring you down like your [B] hometown.
[E] Dear homies, where the heart is [B] ain't that what they always say.
[C#] My heart [G#m] lies in broken [F#] pieces had it long ago.
[B] So don't think [G#m] about it [Bm] when I'm gone.
[B]
I don't mind [F#] traveling alone.
[C#] [F#]
[B] You are the [E] sweetest little thing that I've ever found.
[G#m] Want nothing to bring [F#] you down [G#m] like your hometown.
[E]
[B] [F#] [C#] [F#]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] [B]
[F#]
[B] [E]
[B] [F#] [B]
[E] [B]
[C#] [F#]
[B] [G#m]
[F#]
[B] [E]
[G#m] [E] [F#] [B]
[E] Dear homies, where the heart is [B] ain't that what they always say.
[C#] My heart lies in broken pieces [F#] had it long [B] ago.
So don't think about it when I'm gone.
I don't mind traveling [F#] alone.
[C#] [F#]
[B] Honey, you are the [G#m] sweetest [E] little thing that I've ever found.
[G#m] Want nothing to [F#] bring you down like your [B] hometown.
Oh, honey, want [E] nothing to [F#] bring you down like your [B] hometown.
[Bm] [N]
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B
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F#
134211112
E
2311
G#m
123111114
C#
12341114
B
12341112
F#
134211112
E
2311
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Town [G#m] boys with apologies to Thomas [G#] Wolfe and Dr.
Anderson.
_ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
I wish I'd never come back home.
[Bm] _ _ _
[B] It don't feel right since I've [F#] been grown.
[C#] _ [F#] _ _
[B] I can't find any of [E] my old friends hanging around.
[G#m] Want nothing to [F#] bring you down like your [B] hometown. _ _ _
I spent some time in New Orleans. _ _ _
I had to live on [F#] rice and [C#] beans.
[F#] _ _
[B] I hitched to Texas [E] when the sun was beating down.
Want nothing to [F#] bring you down like your [B] hometown. _
[E] Dear homies, where the heart is [B] ain't that what they always say.
[C#] My heart [G#m] lies in broken [F#] pieces had it long ago.
[B] So don't think [G#m] about it [Bm] when I'm gone.
_ [B] _
I don't mind [F#] traveling alone.
[C#] _ [F#] _
[B] _ You are the [E] sweetest little thing that I've ever found.
[G#m] Want nothing to bring [F#] you down [G#m] like your hometown. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Dear homies, where the heart is [B] ain't that what they always say.
[C#] My heart lies in broken pieces [F#] had it long [B] ago.
So don't think about it when I'm gone. _ _ _
I don't mind traveling [F#] alone.
[C#] _ [F#] _
[B] Honey, you are the [G#m] sweetest [E] little thing that I've ever found.
[G#m] Want nothing to [F#] bring you down like your [B] hometown.
_ Oh, honey, want [E] nothing to [F#] bring you down like your [B] hometown. _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _

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