Chords for Odd Nordstoga & Darling West - My Hometown

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I'm a man of my word.
Said years old, running with [C]
a [G] dime in my [D] _ _ _ pocket.
I stopped to pick up a paint [G] for my old [C] maid.
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I sat on a slab, big old buke, steer as we drove [D] through town.
He dazzled my hair, said son take [G]
a good look [C] at _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] this _ hometown. _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] Your _ [D]
hometown, _ _ your hometown, _
_ _ _ [G] _ your [C] hometown.
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Sixty pounds, I was running high, in my [D] high school.
_ There was a lot of fights between the black and white, [G] there was nothing you could [C] do.
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Cars in the light, Saturday night, [C] in the back seat [G] there was a [D] gun.
_ Words were passed, shotgun blast, [G]
troubled times [C] had come. _ _
_ _ _ [G] My hometown, _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] my [D] hometown, _ _ _ my _ hometown, _ _ _ [G] _ my _ [C] hometown.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] [Em] Now main street, whitewashed windows, [G] and vacant _ stores.
_ _ [Em] Seems like there ain't nobody, wants to [G] come down here no more.
_ _ They're [C] closing down the textile mill, [G] across the railroad _ tracks.
_ [C] Foreman says these jobs are going boys, [G] and they ain't coming [D] back.
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Your hometown, _ _ _ _ [C]
your [G] _ [D] hometown, _ _ _ your hometown, _ _ _ _ [G] _
your _ [C] hometown. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Scott me and Kate, bed in bed, talking about [D] getting out.
_ Packing up our bags, maybe [G] _ _ getting [C]
south.
_ _ [G] Thirty-five, got a boy [C] of [G] our _ [D] _
_ _ _ rights.
Set him up, behind the wheels, [G] said son take a good [C] look around.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] This is my hometown, _ _ _ _ _ [C]
[G] your _ [D] hometown, _ _ your _ hometown, _ _ _ _ [G]
your _ [C] hometown. _ _ _ _
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