G                                        C    G     D
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
D                                        G   D  C
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man  
G                                            C           G             D
I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
D                                            G    D    C
He'd tousle my hair and  he'd say son take a good look around

[Refrain]

G                      C    G    D
This is your hometown, your home town
D                      G    D    C     G
This is your hometown, your home town, this is your home town

[Verse 2]

G                                   C  G    D
In 65   tension was running high at my high school
D                                                                 G       D         C
There was a lot of fights between the black and white / there was nothing you could do
G                                              C         G     D
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat was a gun
D                                            G     D   C
Words were passed a shotgun blast / troubled times had come  

[Refrain]

   G            C  G    D
To my hometown, my home town, 
   D         G  D    C     G
My hometown, my home town, my hometown
    
[Bridge]

    Em                                    G
Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
      Em                                    G                                     
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
        C                               G
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
        C                                  G                 D
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to

[Refrain]

G              C    G    D
Your hometown, your home town, 
     D         G    D    C     G
your hometown, your home town, your hometown

[Verse 3]

G                                     C             G       D
Last night me and Kate we laid in bed talking about getting out
D                   G     D       C
Packing up our bags maybe heading south
G                               C   G   D
I'm thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
D                                                            G    D    C
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around

[Refrain]

        G              C    G    D
This is your hometown, your home town, 
     D         G    D    C     G
your hometown, your home town, your hometown