#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Return-Path:Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 22:05:06 -0500 To: guitar@nevada.edu Subject: CRD: Small Town (John Mellencamp) John Mellencamp Small Town (from the album "Scare Crow") ---------- CAPO ON 4TH FRET! INTRO: G D2 C9 G D2 C9 G D2 C9 G D2 C9 (Repeat G D2 C9 throughout each line of the verse, except the last) Well I was born in a small town And I live in a small town Prob'ly die in a small town Oh, those small communities Am D2 All my friends are so small town My parents live in the same small town My job is so small town Provides little opportunity Educated in a small town Taught the fear of Jesus in a small town Used to daydream in that small town Another boring romantic that's me But I've seen it all in a small town Had myself a ball in a small town Married an L.A. doll and brought her to this small town Now she's small town just like me No I cannot forget where it is that I come from G C9 I cannot forget the people who love me G D2 Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town G C9 And people let me be just what I want to be G D2 INTRO/SOLO Got nothing against a big town (After each line of verse ending with Still hayseed enough to say "town," guitarist plays: Look who's in the big town ----0-----------| But my bed is in a small town ------3---------| Oh, and that's good enough for me --------0-------| ) Well I was born in a small town And I can breathe in a small town Gonna die in this small town And that's prob'ly where they'll bury me Chord Formations: (CAPO ON 4TH FRET!) ----------------- G: 3 2 0 0 3 3 D2: x x 0 2 3 x C9: x 3 2 0 3 x Am: x 0 2 2 1 0