Chords for Hometown Girl

_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[D] Years ago [Em] in my hometown [G] I was a headstrong girl [Em] and a heart [D] strong [G] one
[Dm] We'd ride all [E] summer with the top rolled down [Am] through the [G] sleepy streets of that [D] Jersey town
[G] _
[F#m] I knew [Em] girls when I was sixteen [C] could make a smart [G] boy stutter, [Am] turn a nice [D] boy mean
[G] And the boys [Bm] made the girls [E] into homecoming queens
[Am] _
[Bm] Married each other [C] instead of their dreams
These days I'm [G] mostly out on my [C] own looking for some [D] place that I can [G] call [C] home
Late at night [A] or just before [G] dawn I [B] pretend you're [Em] with me now
[A] It never seemed so [D] hard before
[F#] _ _ [G]
What [A] _ _ [Am] happened [D] to that [G] hometown [C] girl?
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G]
The [D] seasons [E] changed in my [Em] hometown [C] the way [Bm] they [Am] changed in [D] yours
_ [G]
My [B] windows opened [E] up to the spring [Am] _
[G] like every [C] spring [D] before
[G] And I [D] ran with boys [Em] who weren't like you
[C]
I [G] was young but [Am] somehow [D] I knew [G]
the [B] difference between [E] a man and a fool
[Am] And sometimes [Bm] I think [C] that could have [D] been you
[C] _
These days I'm [G] mostly out on my [C] own looking for some [D] place that I can [G] call [C] home
Late at night [A] or just before [G] dawn I [B] pretend you're [Em] with me now
[E] It never [A] seemed so [D] hard before
_ _ [G]
What [A] _ _ [Am] happened to [D] that [C] hometown girl?
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[D] Hometown girls are [Em] like hometown dreams
[C]
Some [G] start fading, [Am] others [D] stay keen
[G]
I won't [B] forget you but [E] I'll let you [E] be
[Am] _
[G] Love never was [C] that kind to me _
Late at night [A] or just before dawn [G] I pretend [B] you're with [Em] me now
You [C]
had your madness [A] and you had your charms [G] but only when [B] you're hard [Em] to laugh
And [A] my heart just won't allow [G] no more
_ [B] _
_ [A] What [Am] happened to [D] that [C] hometown girl?
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