E5             
  In my little town

E5            E5 A5  
   I grew up believ--ing

D5              B5       A5   
  God keeps His eye on us all

F5               C5           
  And He used to lean upon me

C+               E5             A5   
   As I pledged allegiance to the wall

B5         E5
   Lord I recall

         A5   
My little town


            A5 F#5   
Coming home after school

A5          D5               
    Flying my bike past the gates

      G5        E5 F5 
Of the factories

B5                 F5      
  My mom doing the laundry

F+            A5 
   Hanging our shirts

            D5       
In the dirty breeze


             G5
 And after it rains

          | 
There's a rainbow

                        D5
And all of the colors are black

    E5                        D5
It's not that the colors aren't there

             G5 D5    E5   
It's just imagin-ation they lack

                E5
Everything's the same

    A5             D5   G5 D5 G5 
Back   in my little town


D5                       C#5 
Nothing but the dead and dying 

                 B5    
Back in my little town

D5                       C#5 
Nothing but the dead and dying 

                 B5      
Back in my little town



A5             F#5 
  In my little town

A5              D5        
    I never meant nothin'

             G5          E5 F5 
I was just my fathers son

Bb5          F5    
   Saving my money

Bb5            F5    
   Dreaming of glory

Bb5                 F5    
   Twitching like a finger

      F+      A5   D5    
On the trigger of a gun

       D5                       C#5 
Leaving nothing but the dead and dying

                 B5    
Back in my little town 


Repeat and fade:

D5                       C#5 
Nothing but the dead and dying

                 B5    
Back in my little town