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Our Town chords chords
Iris DeMent 1992

Capo II

A D A E

A (x02220@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)you know the sun's settin' fast,
    A (x02220@1)                         EAnd (022100@1)just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
      A (x02220@1)           DWell, (xx0232@1)go on now and kiss it goodbye,
    ABut (x02220@1)hold on to your lover,
            E'Cause (022100@1)your heart's bound to die.

A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)          EGo (022100@1)on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)          ECan't (022100@1)you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
    A (x02220@1)   DA E (022100@1) AGoodnight. (x02220@1)
A (x02220@1)                       DUp (xx0232@1)the street beside that red neon light,
       A (x02220@1)                        EThat's (022100@1)where I met my baby on one hot summer night.
A (x02220@1)                     DHe (xx0232@1)was the tender and I ordered a beer,
     A (x02220@1)                      EIt's (022100@1)been forty years and I'm still sitting here.

A (x02220@1)              DBut (xx0232@1)you know the sun's settin' fast,
    A (x02220@1)                         EAnd (022100@1)just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
      A (x02220@1)           DWell, (xx0232@1)go on now and kiss it goodbye,
    ABut (x02220@1)hold on to your lover,
            E'Cause (022100@1)your heart's bound to die.

A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)          EGo (022100@1)on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)          ECan't (022100@1)you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
    A (x02220@1)   DA E (022100@1) AGoodnight. (x02220@1)
A (x02220@1)                        DIt's (xx0232@1)here I had my babies and I had my first kiss.
     A (x02220@1)                            DI've (xx0232@1)walked down Main Street in the cold morning mist.
     A (x02220@1)              DOver (xx0232@1)there is where I bought my first car.
   A (x02220@1)                          EIt (022100@1)turned over once but then it never went far.

A (x02220@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)I can see the sun's settin' fast,
    A (x02220@1)                         EAnd (022100@1)just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
      A (x02220@1)           DWell, (xx0232@1)go on now and kiss it goodbye,
    ABut (x02220@1)hold on to your lover,
            E'Cause (022100@1)your heart's bound to die.

A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)          EGo (022100@1)on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)          ECan't (022100@1)you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
    A (x02220@1)   DA E (022100@1) AGoodnight. (x02220@1)
A (x02220@1)                  DI (xx0232@1)buried my Mama and I buried my Pa.
     A (x02220@1)                             EThey (022100@1)sleep up the street beside that pretty brick wall.
  A (x02220@1)                 DI (xx0232@1)bring them flowers about every day,
      D (xx0232@1)                   EBut (022100@1)I just gotta cry when I think what they'd say.

A (x02220@1)                    DIf (xx0232@1)they could see how the sun's settin' fast,
    A (x02220@1)                         EAnd (022100@1)just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
      A (x02220@1)           DWell, (xx0232@1)go on now and kiss it goodbye,
    ABut (x02220@1)hold on to your lover,
            E'Cause (022100@1)your heart's bound to die.

A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)          EGo (022100@1)on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town.
A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)          ECan't (022100@1)you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town,
    A (x02220@1)   DA E (022100@1) AGoodnight. (x02220@1)
A (x02220@1)                                  DNow (xx0232@1)I sit on the porch and watch the lightning-bugs fly.
      D (xx0232@1)                       EBut (022100@1)I can't see too good, I got tears in my eyes.
    A (x02220@1)                    DI'm (xx0232@1)leaving tomorrow but I don't wanna go.
  D (xx0232@1)                              EI (022100@1)love you, my town, you'll always live in my soul.

A (x02220@1)                 DBut (xx0232@1)I can see the sun's settin' fast,
    A (x02220@1)                         EAnd (022100@1)just like they say, nothing good ever lasts.
      A (x02220@1)               DWell, (xx0232@1)go on now I gotta kiss you goodbye,
    ABut (x02220@1)hold on to your lover,
            E'Cause (022100@1)your heart's bound to die.

A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)         EGo (022100@1)on now and say goodbye to my town, to my town.
A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)         EI (022100@1)can you see the sun's settin' down on my town, on my town,
    A (x02220@1)   DA E (022100@1)AGoodnight. (x02220@1)    A (x02220@1)   DA E (022100@1)   AGoodnight. (x02220@1)
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