• Song:

    Dear Home Town

  • Artist:

    Great Big Sea

Dear Home Town



Capo 2

Intro:

D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)Bm (x24432@1)   ANo (x02220@1)one knows
       G (320003@1)               DWhat's (xx0232@1)waiting where you go
         Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)              GNothings (320003@1)certain but the fact that you're leaving

Bm (x24432@1)          ABut (x02220@1)still you roam
         G (320003@1)                 DFrom (xx0232@1)the straight and narrow road
       Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)             GRiding (320003@1)nothing but the lies that you believe in

Bm (x24432@1)        AFrame (x02220@1)after frame
    G (320003@1)              DThe (xx0232@1)pictures still remain
Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)                   GPhotographs (320003@1)of all the hearts you've broken

Bm (x24432@1)      AFrozen (x02220@1)in time
        G (320003@1)               DAre (xx0232@1)the ghosts you left behind
Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)               GWaiting (320003@1)for the words you left unspoken

Lead-in to chorus:   Em   A

D (xx0232@1)      ADear (x02220@1)Home Town
        Em (022000@1)             GI (320003@1)never meant to let you down
       D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       GWhen (320003@1)I sold my soul for a song
D (xx0232@1)               AThe (x02220@1)dreams are to blame
           Em (022000@1)       GThey (320003@1)still linger and remain
       D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)              GIn (320003@1)the heart of a child who's been gone
G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)  DDear (xx0232@1)Home Town

Bm (x24432@1)     ATell (x02220@1)the girl
       G (320003@1)               DIt's (xx0232@1)a wide and wondrous world
Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)               GRoom (320003@1)enough to leave a life your hating

Bm (x24432@1)                  AThe (x02220@1)highway runs both ways
            G (320003@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)there's seat's left on the train
Bm (x24432@1)                  A (x02220@1)              GIf (320003@1)you take it to the station, I'll be waiting

(Chorus)
D (xx0232@1)      ADear (x02220@1)Home Town
        Em (022000@1)             GI (320003@1)never meant to let you down
       D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       GWhen (320003@1)I sold my soul for a song
D (xx0232@1)               AThe (x02220@1)dreams are to blame
           Em (022000@1)       GThey (320003@1)still linger and remain
       D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)              GIn (320003@1)the heart of a child who's been gone
G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)  DDear (xx0232@1)Home Town

Bridge:
Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)(nothing)
Tell my Mom
                       DThat (xx0232@1)I miss her lovin' smile
        BmTell (x24432@1)my Father
       A (x02220@1)             GThat (320003@1)I really miss his laughter

(verse chords here)
        Bm (x24432@1)           ATell (x02220@1)my sisters and my brothers
        G (320003@1)                 DTell (xx0232@1)my friends and all the others
           Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)      GThat (320003@1)we'll meet in the Sweetest Hereafter

(Double oh no no no)

Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1)Chorus x2

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