My Home Town by Tom Lehrer


Verse 1:
  C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)    Dm7           G7I (320001@1)really have a yen, to go back once again
     C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)           Dm7   G7Back (320001@1)to the place where no-one wears a frown
            F (133211@1)              B7 (x21202@1)               CTo (x32010@1)see once more those super special just plain folks
   D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_320001@1">G7   C (x32010@1)  / C#dim/ (3423xx@1) Dm7 / G7In (320001@1)my home town
  C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)    Dm7           G7No (320001@1)fellow could ignore, that little girl next door
     C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)           Dm7   G7She (320001@1)sure looked sweet in her first evening gown
            F (133211@1)              B7 (x21202@1)               CNow (x32010@1)there's a charge for what she used to give for free 
   D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_320001@1">G7   C (x32010@1)  / C#dim/ (3423xx@1) Dm7 / G7In (320001@1)my home town

Refrain 1:
C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1)   F7I (131241@1)remember Dan, the druggist on the corner 
       C7 (x32310@1)                         CHe (x32010@1)was never mean or ornery, he was swell
              F7 (131241@1)                                  AmHe (x02210@1)killed his mother-in-law and ground her up real well
    C (x32010@1)              A+       D7 (xx0212@1)        G7And (320001@1)sprinkled just a bit over each banana split

Verse 2:
  C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)    Dm7           G7The (320001@1)guy that taught us math, who never took a bath
     C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)           Dm7   G7Acquired (320001@1)a certain measure of renown
            F (133211@1)              B7 (x21202@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)after school he sold the most amazing pictures
   D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_320001@1">G7   C (x32010@1)  / C#dim/ (3423xx@1) Dm7 / G7In (320001@1)my home town
  C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)    Dm7           G7That (320001@1)fellow was no fool, who taught us Sunday School
     C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)           Dm7   G7And (320001@1)neither was our kindly Parson Brown
            F (133211@1)              B7 (x21202@1)               C[line (x32010@1)omitted to avoid prosecution under Communications Decency Act]
   D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_320001@1">G7   C (x32010@1)  / C#dim/ (3423xx@1) Dm7 / G7In (320001@1)my home town

Refrain 2:
C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1)   F7I (131241@1)remember Sam, he was the village idiot
       C7 (x32310@1)                         CAlthough (x32010@1)it seems a pity it was so
              F7 (131241@1)                                  AmHe (x02210@1)loved to burn down houses just to watch the glow
    C (x32010@1)              A+       D7 (xx0212@1)        G7And (320001@1)nothing could be done, because he was the Mayor's son

  C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)    Dm7           G7The (320001@1)guy that took a knife, and monogrammed his wife
     C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)           Dm7   G7Then (320001@1)dropped her in the pond and watched her drown
            F (133211@1)              B7 (x21202@1)               COh, (x32010@1)yes, indeed, the people there are just plain folks
   D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_320001@1">G7   C (x32010@1)  / C#dim/ (3423xx@1) Dm7 / GIn (320003@1)my home town


Ahhhh... memories!  Sounds just like my own home-town...