Intro:
(with slight distortion)
[(F)] [(F)] [(F)][(F)]
[(F)] [(F)] [(F)][(F)]
(F) Barely 18, thought I knew it all
My (Bb) little hometown was way too small
For the (C) big dreams I'd been dreaming
I thought the (F) fast lane and bright lights
Was (C) what I was needin'
A (F) few long years have come and gone
I (Bb) finally saved enought to get back home
To the (C) hills and creeks and timbers
Where's that (F) slow-paced
Laid back - (C) place I remember
Tell me where (F) (F) (F) (F) ((strike the chord 4 times))
Has my home-(F) (F) (F) (F)-town (Bb) gone
Lord, (C) this looks nothin' like the place where I come (F) from
What happened to that down home road that I was raised up (Bb) on
Tell me (C) where has my hometown (F) gone
There's a (F) mini-mall where I used to hunt squirrels
(Bb) Time's made mama's out of the girls
I used to (C) chase when I was younger
They say (F) old Mayor Baker is (C) six feet under
(F) Riverview Drive is under four lanes
(Bb) No whistle blows from that midnight train
That used to (C) haul out of Southfield Mine
Yeah that (F) quiet little place is just a (C) memory of mine
Tell me where (F) (F) (F) (F)
Has my hometown (Bb) gone
Lord, (C) this looks nothin' like the place where I come (F) from
What happened to that down home road that I was raised up (Bb) on
Tell me (C) where has my hometown (F) gone
I miss my (C) fishin' hole - Barber pole - Front porch swing
Drive-in - Skating rink - Dairy Queen
Tell me where (F) (F) (F) (F)
Has my home-(F) (F) (F) (F)-town (Bb) gone
Lord, (C) this looks nothin' like the place where I come (F) from
What happened to that down home road that I was raised up (Bb) on
Tell me where (C) (C) (C) (C) has my hometown (F) gone
(F) Where's it gone...
My home
Fade out (variation of intro)...
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[(F)] [(F)] [(F)][(F)]
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[(F)] [(F)] [(F)][(F)]
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(F) Barely 18, thought I knew it all
My (Bb) little hometown was way too small
For the (C) big dreams I'd been dreaming
I thought the (F) fast lane and bright lights
Was (C) what I was needin'
A (F) few long years have come and gone
I (Bb) finally saved enought to get back home
To the (C) hills and creeks and timbers
Where's that (F) slow-paced
Laid back - (C) place I remember
Tell me where (F) (F) (F) (F) ((strike the chord 4 times))
Has my home-(F) (F) (F) (F)-town (Bb) gone
Lord, (C) this looks nothin' like the place where I come (F) from
What happened to that down home road that I was raised up (Bb) on
Tell me (C) where has my hometown (F) gone
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There's a (F) mini-mall where I used to hunt squirrels
(Bb) Time's made mama's out of the girls
I used to (C) chase when I was younger
They say (F) old Mayor Baker is (C) six feet under
(F) Riverview Drive is under four lanes
(Bb) No whistle blows from that midnight train
That used to (C) haul out of Southfield Mine
Yeah that (F) quiet little place is just a (C) memory of mine
Tell me where (F) (F) (F) (F)
Has my hometown (Bb) gone
Lord, (C) this looks nothin' like the place where I come (F) from
What happened to that down home road that I was raised up (Bb) on
Tell me (C) where has my hometown (F) gone
I miss my (C) fishin' hole - Barber pole - Front porch swing
Drive-in - Skating rink - Dairy Queen
Tell me where (F) (F) (F) (F)
Has my home-(F) (F) (F) (F)-town (Bb) gone
Lord, (C) this looks nothin' like the place where I come (F) from
What happened to that down home road that I was raised up (Bb) on
Tell me where (C) (C) (C) (C) has my hometown (F) gone
(F) Where's it gone...
My home
Fade out (variation of intro)...