Chords for Iris DeMent & EmmyLou Harris - Our Town

[Bb] And you [Eb] know the sun's setting fast
[Bb] And just like they say, nothing [F] good ever lasts
[Bb]
Well go on [Eb] now and kiss it goodbye
But [Bb] hold on to your lover, [F] cause your heart's bound to [Bb] die
Go on [Eb] now and say goodbye
[Bb] To our town, [F] to our town
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Can't you [Eb] see the sun's setting down
[Bb] On our town, [F] on our town [Bb] Good night
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Up the street [Eb] beside the red neon light
[Bb]
That's where I met my baby [F] on one hot summer [Bb] night
He was the tender [Eb] and the order to bear
[Bb] It's been forty years and [F] I'm still sitting here
[Bb]
But you know [Eb] the sun's setting fast
[Bb] And just like they say, nothing [F] good ever lasts
[Bb] _
Go on [Eb] now and kiss it goodbye
But [Bb] hold on to your lover, [F] cause your heart's bound to [Cm] die
[Bb] _
Go on [Eb] now and say goodbye
[Bb] To our town, [F] to our town
[Eb] _ [Bb] _
Can't you [Eb] see the sun's setting down
[Bb] On our town, [F] on our town [Bb] Good night
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ This [Bb]
year I had my babies [Eb] and I had my first kids
[Bb] I've walked down Main Street [F] in the cold morning mist
[Bb] _ _
Over there is where [Eb] I bought my first car
[Bb] It turned over once but then [F] it never went far
[Bb] _
And I can [Eb] see the sun's setting fast
[Bb] And just like they say, nothing [F] good ever lasts
_ [Bb]
Go on [Eb] now and kiss it goodbye
But hold [Bb] on to your lover, cause [A] your heart's [Dm] bound to [Bb] die
Go on [Eb] now and say goodbye
To [Bb] our town, to [F] our town
[Bb] _
Can't you [Eb] see the sun's setting down
On [Bb] our town, [F] on our town
[Bb] _
Good night
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] I've buried my mama [Eb] and I've buried my pa
[Bb] They sleep up the street [F] beside that pretty brick wall
[Bb]
I bring them flowers [Eb] about every day
But [Bb] I just gotta cry when [F] I think what they'd say
[Bb]
If they could see [Eb] how the sun's setting fast
[Bb] And just like they say, [F] nothing good ever [Cm] lasts
[Bb] _
Go on [Eb] now and kiss it goodbye
[Bb] But hold on to your [F] lover, cause your heart's bound [Cm] to die
[Bb] Go on [Eb] now and say goodbye
[Bb] To our town, [F] to our town
[Bb] _
_ Can't you [Eb] see the sun's setting down
[Bb] On our town, [F] on our town [Bb] Good night
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] Now I sit on the porch [Eb] and watch the lightning bugs fly
[Bb] But I can't see too good, I've got [F] tears in my [Bb] eyes
I'm leaving tomorrow, [Eb] but I don't wanna go
[Bb] I love you my town, you'll [F] always live in my [Bb] soul
But I can see [Eb] the sun's setting fast
[Bb] And just like they say, nothing [F] good ever lasts
[Bb] _ Go on now [Eb] and kiss it goodbye
But [Bb] hold on to your lover, [F] cause your heart's bound to [Cm] [Bb] die
Go on [Eb] now and say goodbye
[Bb] To my town, [F] to my town
[Bb] _ I can [Eb] see the sun has gone down
On [Bb] my town, on [F] my town [Bb] Good night
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] Good night
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