D5                    G5 
Downtown?s all closed down 
       A5 
They?ve boarded up the windows 
G5                    D5 
Just like an old ghost town 
D5 
The storefronts are empty 
G5 
There?s noone around 
A5                    D5 
Downtown?s all closed down 
 
 
A5                          G5                   D5 
A small town in Texas by the courthouse in the square 
A5                                G5              D5 
The middle of the afternoon and there?s nobody there 
G5 
Well I shook my head and wondered 
D5 
Where all the businesses had gone 
A5 
There used to be everything that you?d ever need now 
G5 
Just the bank?s still  
       D5 
Holdin? on 
 
Chorus 
 
The old drugstore is vacant 
And the caf??s locked it doors 
The movie marquis is falling down 
There?s no more hardware stores 
So I sat down on a bench 
I watched a car go driving by 
I wondered what had killed downtown  
And how the people could let it die 
 
Chorus 
 
The railroad brought the people here 
Now the interstate draws them away 
It moved the steady business east 
And left these old buildings behind to stay 
But some folks in town remember  
A time not too long ago 
When a film called Casablanca played 
At the town square picture show 
 
Chorus