Small Towns and Big Dreams Paul Brandt
Written and recorded by Paul Brandt
*Note- If you are a more advanced player there is a more difficult way to
play the chorus in this song with the bass note progression, I’ve written it
out below the basic version.
Intro: F C Bb C (x2)
[F]I grew up in a s[C]mall town
[Bb]A wheat fields for a do[C]wntown kinda p[F]lace
[F]There was really not m[C]uch around
[Bb]You blink and you miss i[C]t
[F]I never knew what l[C]ife would bring
But I [Bb]always had b[C]ig dreams
[F]I loved to play my gui[C]tar and sing
And every [Bb]night I’d wish th[C]at
[Dm]I’d get a shot on the O[C]pry stage
[Bb]And have people come and [C]see me play
[Dm]Blasting on the r[C]adio waves
Enough to [Bb]make my momma c[C]ry
Chorus:
Cause that’s where I c[F]ome from
[Bb]That’s who I [C]am
Hard workin and G[F]od blessed
[Bb]Yes sir and thank you m[C]a’am
[Dm]The best things around that [C]I have ever s[Bb]een
Came from s[Gm]mall towns and b[C]ig dr[F]eams
[F]That small town went and g[C]rew up
[Bb]But I never ch[C]anged much by God’s grace
[F]Friends and family k[C]ept in touch
When I [Bb]moved to Tenne[C]ssee
[Dm]Sing my songs, t[C]ravel round
[Bb]I met a girl and we’re s[C]ettling down
[Dm]We wanna find a s[C]mall town
[Bb]Where we can raise a fami[C]ly
CHORUS
[Bb]I been around the world
Don’t matter anywhere I go
[C]Even here in Fort McMurray
I found my kinda folks
It’s ab[Gm]out you and w[F]ho you are
It’s [Bb]all a state of mind
And as I’m g[Gm]iving you my he[F]art
I hope you f[C]ind
CHORUS
Chord diagrams:
F- XX3211
Bb- X13331 (bar 1) or play XX3331
Dm- XX0231
Gm- 355333 (bar 3)
Chorus (advanced): For the (F-Gm-A-Bb) progression use power chords (E-form
bar chords strumming only bottom two strings)
Cause that’s where I c[F]ome [Gm]from[A]
That’s [Bb]who I a[C]m
Hard workin and G[F]od b[Gm]lessed
[A]Yes sir and t[Bb]hank you m[C]a’am
[Dm]The best things around that [C]I have ever s[Bb]een
Came from s[Gm]mall[A] to[Bb]wns and b[C]ig d[F]rea[Gm]ms[A] [Bb] [C]
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