(Capo on 1)

Intro.:  (C) x 4 bars

(C) Damn, I used to love this view, sit here and drink a few
(Am) Main street and the high school (F) lit up on Friday night
(C) Down there it's another touchdown, man, this year's team is stout
(Am) I can hear them goin' crazy (F) and up here so am I

(Chorus)
(G) Thinkin' about you sittin' there sayin', I (F)hate this, I hate it
(G) If you couldn't stand livin' here why'd you (F)take it, (G)take it
(C)Give me (G) back (Am) my (F) hometown (C)
'Cause this is my (G) hometown (C)

(C) All the colors of my youth, the red, the green, the hope, the truth
(Am) Are beatin' me black and blue, 'cause (F) you're in every scene
(C) My friends try to cheer me up get together at the Pizza Hut
(Am) I didn't have the heart to tell them (F) that was our place

(Chorus)
(G) These sleepy streetlights on every (F)sidewalk side street
(G) Shed a light on every-(F)thing that (G)used to be
(C)Give me (G) back (Am) my (F) hometown (C)
'Cause this is my (G) hometown (C)

(Am)Yeah, yeah, ooohh, (F)yeah, yeah, aah, (Am)ooh
Ooooh, (F)yeah, yeah

(Am) You can have my grandma's locket, the knife out of my grandpa's pocket
(F) Yeah, my state champion jacket I don't care you can have it
(Am) Every made memory, every picture, every broken dream
Yeah, (F)everything, everything, everything

(C)Give me (G) back (Am) my (F) hometown (C)
'Cause this is my (G) hometown (C)

(Am)Yeah, yeah, ooohh, (F)yeah, yeah, aah, (Am)ooh, ooh, (F)yeah
(Am)Yeah, yeah, ooohh, (F)yeah, yeah, aah, (G)oooh
Ooooh, (Am)yeah, yeah, aah, (G/B)oooh, (C)oooh, aah, (Dm)oooh
Ooh, (Em)oooh, aah, (F)oooh, (G)oooh
Ooooh, (Am)yeah, yeah, aah, (G/B)oooh, (C)oooh, aah, ooh -----