My home town by the shadows
chorded by ross

G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)
My home town
    C (x32010@1)            AmShe (x02210@1)big and she's brown
  D (xx0232@1)                       GShe (320003@1)reaches to the sky above
      C (x32010@1)                                      AmAn (x02210@1)every where you look she's all around you

G (320003@1)           EmMy (022000@1)back yard
C (x32010@1)           AmIs (x02210@1)dirty an hard
D (xx0232@1)                        GIt (320003@1)never seen a flower grown
     C (x32010@1)                  AmSince (x02210@1)I can testify its no garden 
Gone (320003@1)of these days

G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)                 GAm (320003@1)gona pack my bags an take a train to some big city
G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)                 GWhere (320003@1)the lights are bright an I now all the girls a pretty

G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)
My home folk 
    C (x32010@1)            AmWere (x02210@1)raised in the smoke
D (xx0232@1)                                              GOf (320003@1)firy factory chimney stacks that gave you work
     C (x32010@1)                  DBut (xx0232@1)in return they choked you, 
Gchoked (320003@1)youuuuuuuuuuuuuu


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G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)
When a wakeup
    C (x32010@1)            AmA (x02210@1)wake up in the morning
D (xx0232@1)                                              GWork (320003@1)all the day till the sun goes down
     C (x32010@1)                  AmGota (x02210@1)save up all the money am earning
     C (x32010@1)                  AmGota (x02210@1)have enough to kiss this town




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G (320003@1)                                       EmBorrowing (022000@1)books from the public library
    C (x32010@1)                                  AmTeaching (x02210@1)myself about the world outside
D (xx0232@1)                          GPictures (320003@1)of sunny places in fife
C (x32010@1)                  AmBe (x02210@1)goodbye town 

Goodbye


Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)            EmAm (022000@1)taken a riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide

G (320003@1)                                       EmMy (022000@1)mother started crying at the station

    C (x32010@1)                                  AmAsked (x02210@1)me if I wouldn't change my mind

D (xx0232@1)                               GAm (320003@1)afraid the city light were going blind







D (xx0232@1)                                         AmThe (x02210@1)whistle blows and terminates my journey
G (320003@1)                      AmGo (x02210@1)reality is right on time
D (xx0232@1)                                    GThe (320003@1)factory gate closed behind meeeeee


GOne (320003@1)of theses days



G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)                 GAm (320003@1)gona pack my bags an take a train to some big city
G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)                 GWhere (320003@1)the lights are bright an I now all the girls a pretty


GOne (320003@1)of these days