Hometown

Joe Jackson

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 DABmF#mGDGA
   Of all the stupid things I could have thought this was the worst
 DABmF#mGDGA
   I started to believe that I was born at seventeen
 DABmF#mGDGA
   And all the stupid things, the letters and the broken verse
 DABmF#mGDGA
   Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer, they'd always been
 DABmF#mGDGA
   And now I plough through piles of bills receipts and credit cards
 DABmF#mGDGA
   And tickets and the daily news and sometimes I just wanna go back to my

Chorus
 BmF#mGD
 Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same
 ADF#mG
Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long
 AEadd9
And I'm wondering if it's still there.

We think we're pretty smart/tough, us city slickers (we) get around
And when the going's rough we kill the pain and relocate
We're never married, never faithful not to any town
But we never leave the past behind, we/it just accumulate/s
So sometimes when the music stops I seem to hear a distant sound
Of waves and seagulls, football crowds and churchbells and I wanna go back to my

Chorus

Segway: Eadd9 G Eadd9 G A

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Chorus

Outro


A Bm D Eadd9 F#m G
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