My Hometown Bruce Springsteen
[G]My home to[Em]wn
She [C]big and she’s [Am]brown
Sh[D]e reaches to the sk[G]y above
An eve[C]ry where you look she’s all ar[Am]ound you
[G]My back y[Em]ard
[C]Is dirty an ha[Am]rd
[D]It never seen a flower gr[G]own
Since[C] I can testify its no[Am] garden
[G]one of these days
[G]Am gona[C] pack my b[G]ags an take [C]a train to some [G]big city
[G]Where t[C]he lights [G]are bright a[C]n I now all the [G]girls a pretty
[G]My home f[Em]olk
Were[C] raised in t[Am]he smoke
[D]Of firy factory chimney stac[G]ks that gave you work
But i[C]n return they cho[D]ked you,
[G]choked youuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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(HANK PLAY INSTRUMENTAL)
[G]When a w[Em]akeup
A wa[C]ke up in th[Am]e morning
[D]Work all the day till the sun go[G]es down
Gota [C]save up all the money[Am] am earning
Gota [C]have enough to kiss t[Am]his town
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(HANK PLAY INSTRUMENTAL)
[G]Borrowing books from t[Em]he public library
Teac[C]hing myself about the wo[Am]rld outside
[D]Pictures of sunny pla[G]ces in fife
[C]Be goodbye [Am]town
Goodbye
[Em]Am taken a riii[D]iiiiiiii[Em]iiiiide
[G]My mother started crying a[Em]t the station
Aske[C]d me if I wouldn’t change my[Am] mind
[D]Am afraid the city light [G]were going blind
[D]The whistle blows and terminate[Am]s my journey
[G]Go reality is right on ti[Am]me
[D]The factory gate closed be[G]hind meeeeee
[G]One of theses days
[G]Am gona[C] pack my b[G]ags an take [C]a train to some [G]big city
[G]Where t[C]he lights [G]are bright a[C]n I now all the [G]girls a pretty
[G]One of these days
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