Chords for It Gets Lonely In A Small Town

_ _ _ [G] Young woman with a child _ _ _ [C] living all alone
_ On [Bb] a hot night in the summer
_ With [D] the television on
Good night, [G] mama, says the child
_ [C] From a crib by the TV
_ _ [Bb] And the woman washes two plates and cups
[D] Till they are way past clean
_ [G] And the blue _ _ flash _ of [C] the TV screen
_ _ [G] Beats like _ me _ inside [C] and out _
_ _ Oh, [G] it gets lonelier _ in _ _ [D] a small _ _ town
_ [C] When midnight _ _ rolls [G] around _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ An old woman at her sewing
[A] _ [C] By a rusty oilstone
_ _ [D] [Bb] Snow has covered _ everything
[D] _ The years have covered love
[G] Oh, they buried him two years ago
_ [C] In six feet of black dirt
[A] She [Bb] _
lives in just one room now
_ [A] _ [D] She's still mending his shirt
[G] And the white _ _ flash _ of [C] the memory
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Moonlight _ _ inside [C] and out
Oh, _ _ [G] it gets lonelier _ in _ _ [D] a small _ _ town
_ When [C]
midnight _ rolls _ _ [G] around
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ Way _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
out at the edge of town
[C] _ Looking at the flatland
You [Bb] can't help but wonder if he's still got
[D] The whole world in his hands
Oh, [G] there seems to be so much more sky
_ [C] Every evening and morning
[Bb] And the only song you ever hear
[D] Is the crickets in the corn
And [G] the red flash _ _ _ [C] of the sunset
_ _ One _ [G] _ more day _ _ [C] falling down
_ _ _ Oh, it [G] gets lonelier _ _ _ in [D] a small town
_ _ _ [C] When midnight _ _ [D] rolls _ [G] around _
_ _ [C] Yeah, it gets lonelier _ _ in [D] a small _ town
_ [C] When midnight _ _ [D] _ rolls [G] around _
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