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                Hometown - Joe Jackson
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Joe Jackson
Hometown (1986)
(Joe Jackson)

From: "Big World"

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INTRO
| D A | Bm F#m | G Asus4 | Asus4 A |
| DA | BmF#m | GD | GA |
| DA | BmF#m | GD | GA |

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)     Bm (x24432@1)   F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)          Asus4 (x02230@1)Of all the stupid things I could have thought this was the worst
D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)     Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)      G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)  Asus4 (x02230@1)I started to believe that I was born at seventeen
D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)     Bm (x24432@1)   F#m (244222@1)       G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)    Asus4 (x02230@1)And all the stupid things, the letters and the broken verse
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)    Bm (x24432@1)   F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)           Asus4 (x02230@1)Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer, they'd always been
D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)           F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)    Asus4 (x02230@1)And now I plough through files of bills receipts and credit cards
    D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)     Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)              AAnd (x02220@1)tickets and the daily news and sometimes I just wanna go back to my

Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)          G (320003@1)                     DHome (xx0232@1)Town, though I know it'll never be the same
A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)             GBack (320003@1)to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
        A (x02220@1)                     E (022100@1)              [D]
And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh

| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)         Bm (x24432@1)   F#m (244222@1)     G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)  Asus4 (x02230@1)We think we're pretty smart, us city slickers get around
D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)    F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1) Asus4 (x02230@1)And when the going's rough we kill the pain and relocate
D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)     F#m (244222@1) G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1) Asus4 (x02230@1)We're never married, never faithful not to any town
D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)      F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)  Asus4But (x02230@1)we never leave the past behind we just accumulate
   D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)   G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)     Asus4So (x02230@1)sometimes when the music stops I seem to hear a distant sound
   D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1)     F#m (244222@1)      G (320003@1)Of waves and seagulls, football crowds and churchbells, 
      AAnd (x02220@1)I wanna go back to my

Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)          G (320003@1)                     DHome (xx0232@1)Town, though I know it'll never be the same
A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)             GBack (320003@1)to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
        A (x02220@1)                     [E]
And I'm wondering if it's still there

INTERLUDE
| E| (022100@1)% | G| (320003@1)% | E| (022100@1)% | G| (320003@1)A| (x02220@1)
Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)          G (320003@1)                     DBack (xx0232@1)to my home town, though I know it'll never be the same
A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1)             GBack (320003@1)to my home town, 'cause it's been so long,
        A (x02220@1)                     E (022100@1)              [D]
And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh

OUTRO
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 |
| Bm | F#m | G | D