Interpreted and Tabbed by: Brent Larimer


Walks Throughout the Song.


( B - E walk)                 
           B           E           
      E  | --2-----------0--- | 
      B  | --4-----------0--- | 
      G  | --4-----------1--- | 
      D  | --4-----------2--- | 
      A  | --2-----------2--- | 
      E  | --X----0-1-2--0--- | 

( B - A walk)
             B             A
      E  | ----2-------------0-- | 
      B  | ----4-------------2-- | 
      G  | ----4-------------2-- | 
      D  | ----4-------------2-- | 
      A  | ----2-------------0-- | 
      E  | ----X----2brbrbr--X-- | 

(Chorus Walk)

      E  | ---------------- | 
      B  | ---------------- | 
      G  | ---------------- | 
      D  | --2---1--------- | 
      A  | --------2------- | 
      E  | -----------0---- | 

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Intro:      ( B - E walk)                 ( B - A walk)
           B           E             B             A
      E  | --2-----------0-----------2-------------0-- | 
      B  | --4-----------0-----------4-------------2-- | 
      G  | --4-----------1-----------4-------------2-- | 
      D  | --4-----------2-----------4-------------2-- | 
      A  | --2-----------2-----------2-------------0-- | 
      E  | --X----0-1-2--0----2/3-2--X----2brbrbr--X-- | 



(Verse 1)
          B                                    E 
Well they finally put that red light up in the heart of town
         B                              E
Took the stop sign down, it was shot up anyhow
    B                                  E
One night I ran right through it in my Chevrolet
     B                       E
Both police cars came, but I got away

(Chorus 1)
         F#                            E
It was a boomtown back in'62, 'til the coal ran out
                                     B
And a drought came through, and they dammed the river
                    F#             E
That we all used to fish  
F#                 E
Population 405 and I made it 404 one night
             B                             F#
And left the city limit sign layin' in the ditch
(no chord)    (Biss walk)                ( B - E walk)
Run plumb over it,        leavin' Metropolis

(Verse 2)
        B                                      E
Well, I found myself in a big high-rise with a concrete yard
              B                              E
It ain't safe after dark, guess this ol' boy drove too far
      B                                         E
Met a girl, fell in love, got married and she's due in May
                 B                              E
Says we're gonna need more space, I said I know just the place


(Bridge)
             E
Where we can walk down to the country store
       B                  F#
And we won't even have to lock our door
       E                 B                F#        E
We can still get air and water there for free
                      F#           E
She said that sounds good to me        

(Chorus 2) 
         F#                            E
It was a boomtown back in'62, 'til the coal ran out
                                     B
And a drought came through, and they dammed the river
                    F#          E 
That we all used to fish
F#                      E
Population 404 and when we pull in it'll be 3 more
              B                             F#
And there's a city limit sign layin' in the ditch         
(no chord)      (Biss Walk)                  ( B - E walk)
That I need to fix,       back in Metropolis 
                    ( B - A walk)     
I'm almost in Metropolis
(no chord)
And I'm back in Metropolis