My Little Town Words & music by Paul Simon 1975 E (022100@1) | In my little town Em (022000@1) |Em7/A A (x02220@1)| I grew up believ--ing D (xx0232@1) |Bm |Am | | God keeps His eye on us all F (133211@1) |C | And He used to lean upon me C+ |E7 |A | As I pledged allegiance to the wall Bm (x24432@1) |E Lord I recall |A | My little town A/G#|F#m (402220@1) | Coming home after school Am6 (x02212@1) |D9 Flying my bike past the gates |G |E7 |F | Of the factories B (x2444x@1) |F | My mom doing the laundry F+ |A Hanging our shirts |D | | In the dirty breeze |G And after it rains | There's a rainbow | |D And all of the colors are black |Em |D It's not that the colors aren't there | |G |Dmaj7 |E | It's just imagin-ation they lack |Em7 Everything's the same |A |D |G |D |G | Back in my little town D (xx0232@1) |C#m7 Nothing but the dead and dying |Bm | | Back in my little town D (xx0232@1) |C#m7 Nothing but the dead and dying |Bm | | | Back in my little town A (x02220@1) |F#m | In my little town Am6 (x02212@1) |D9 I never meant nothin' |G |E7 |F | I was just my fathers son Bb (x1333x@1) |F | Saving my money Bb (x1333x@1) |F | Dreaming of glory Bb (x1333x@1) |F Twitching like a finger |F+ A (x02220@1) |D | | On the trigger of a gun |D |C#m7 Leaving nothing but the dead and dying |Bm | | Back in my little town Repeat and fade: D (xx0232@1) |C#m7 Nothing but the dead and dying |Bm | | Back in my little town
