It's A Small Town
Brad Roberts (of Crash Test Dummies)

by George Frank

Intro
Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)      CYou (x32010@1)can try sneaking around if you like
         D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)        CBy (x32010@1)the wharf, or away in the woods
Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)          CPoaching (x32010@1)at lobsters, and deer and the like
        D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)           CDoesn't (x32010@1)that homebrew taste good?

Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)               GYou (320003@1)can say you were hiking, pretend that you're lost
            Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)          DBut (xx0232@1)you'll smell like a drunk in the end
         G (320003@1)               CIt's (x32010@1)a small town and the word will get round
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)           GThat (320003@1)you can be sure, my friend

Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)           CYou (x32010@1)can grow plants in the bush, if you like
   D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)  CWater (x32010@1)them every day
Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)          CPick (x32010@1)a nice spot that is just out of sight
 D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)        CSunny (x32010@1)but out of the way

Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)           GThen (320003@1)when the time comes to harvest your crop
     Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)        DSome (xx0232@1)kids cut them down in the end
        G (320003@1)                CIt's (x32010@1)a small town and the word will get round
G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                     GThat (320003@1)you can be sure, my friend

Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)        CYou (x32010@1)can try cheating on your lovely wife
        D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)  CThere's (x32010@1)always a goer around
Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)         CTake (x32010@1)her out back in the bush, if you like
   D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)       CDo (x32010@1)everything not to be found

Am (x02210@1)              G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)     GPants (320003@1)round your ankles, you fumble about
 Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)           DWondering (xx0232@1)how this one will end
       G (320003@1)                 CIt's (x32010@1)a small town and the word will get round
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)          GThat (320003@1)you can be sure, my friend

Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)        CSo (x32010@1)I went running as fast as I could
 D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)        CFrom (x32010@1)the scene of all my crimes
Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)             CI (x32010@1)imagined a life somewhere else far away
 D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)       CHoped (x32010@1)I'd fall under the times

Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)           GI'd (320003@1)claim I was orphaned and came from out west
    Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)  DAnd (xx0232@1)start fresh all over again
            G (320003@1)            CBut (x32010@1)in my small town, the word will get round
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)          GThat (320003@1)you can be sure, my friend
    G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)Oh that you can be sure my friend