Chords for Pat Alger - Small Town Saturday Night
Tempo:
170 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
C
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [Gm]
[G]
This song is about my hometown.
I grew up in a small town called LaGrange, Georgia.
It's right over the Alabama line, almost in Alabama.
[D] [G]
And when I was growing up there was only one movie theater there.
And they used to play whatever the [D] latest Elvis movie was until [G] everybody had seen it.
Sometimes that could take a while.
Now if you didn't want to go to that movie, if you were going steady like I was going steady,
and you didn't want to see it four times, you only wanted to see it three times,
you had to drive like a maniac to Noonan, Georgia, and see that movie,
and then drive back like a maniac to get back before curfew.
And that's kind of what this song, I thought that was a good idea for a song.
Elvis was very important in my career.
[D]
[G]
Well there's an Elvis movie on the Marquee side.
[C] Oh we've [D] all seen it at least three times.
Everybody's broke but Bobby's got a bug.
[G]
[D] For a dollar's worth of cash he can pick up drugs.
We're going 90 miles an hour down a dead end road.
What's the hurry, where are you [Em] going to go?
[G]
We're going to howl at the moon, [Em] shoot out the light.
It's a small [D] town Saturday night.
It's a small town Saturday night.
[Em] [D]
[G]
[C] [D]
[G] Now Lucy's got her lipstick on a little too bright.
[C] And old [G] Bobby's getting drunk [D] and he's looking [G] for a fight.
Liquor on his breath and trouble on his mind.
And old [D] Lucy's just a kid who's along for the ride.
They [C] got a six pack of beer and a bottle of [D] wine.
They gotta be bad just to [Em] have a good time.
And they'll howl [D] at the moon, [Em] shoot out the light.
It's a [G] small [D] town Saturday night.
It's a small town [G] Saturday night.
[C] [Em] [D]
[G] [D]
Well that part [G] of the song was pretty easy to write.
Pretty much just the way it happened.
I changed the names to protect the guilty.
I couldn't think of nothing else to say about a small town.
It's just small and all.
And one day I was home and I was working.
[D]
Actually I was laying on the couch.
[G] That's what I was doing.
I was just about to switch over from the young and the restless
over to the days of our lives when it came to me.
That one thing about a small town.
Now Bobby told Lucy the world ain't round.
You [C] know it drops [D] off short at the edge of town.
Lucy [G] you know the world must be flat.
[C] Cause when people [D] leave town they never come [G] back.
They [Em] go 90 miles an hour to the city limits sign.
[G] Put the pedal to [D] the metal for the [Em] change their mind.
And they'll howl [D] at the moon, shoot [Em] out the light.
It's a small [D] town [G] Saturday night.
They say howl at the moon, [D] [Em] shoot out the light.
Cause [C] it's a [D] small town [G] Saturday night.
It's a [D] small town Saturday night.
Said it's a small town [G] Saturday night.
[D]
Yeah.
[Eb] Alright.
Thanks very much.
[C] [B]
[N]
[G]
This song is about my hometown.
I grew up in a small town called LaGrange, Georgia.
It's right over the Alabama line, almost in Alabama.
[D] [G]
And when I was growing up there was only one movie theater there.
And they used to play whatever the [D] latest Elvis movie was until [G] everybody had seen it.
Sometimes that could take a while.
Now if you didn't want to go to that movie, if you were going steady like I was going steady,
and you didn't want to see it four times, you only wanted to see it three times,
you had to drive like a maniac to Noonan, Georgia, and see that movie,
and then drive back like a maniac to get back before curfew.
And that's kind of what this song, I thought that was a good idea for a song.
Elvis was very important in my career.
[D]
[G]
Well there's an Elvis movie on the Marquee side.
[C] Oh we've [D] all seen it at least three times.
Everybody's broke but Bobby's got a bug.
[G]
[D] For a dollar's worth of cash he can pick up drugs.
We're going 90 miles an hour down a dead end road.
What's the hurry, where are you [Em] going to go?
[G]
We're going to howl at the moon, [Em] shoot out the light.
It's a small [D] town Saturday night.
It's a small town Saturday night.
[Em] [D]
[G]
[C] [D]
[G] Now Lucy's got her lipstick on a little too bright.
[C] And old [G] Bobby's getting drunk [D] and he's looking [G] for a fight.
Liquor on his breath and trouble on his mind.
And old [D] Lucy's just a kid who's along for the ride.
They [C] got a six pack of beer and a bottle of [D] wine.
They gotta be bad just to [Em] have a good time.
And they'll howl [D] at the moon, [Em] shoot out the light.
It's a [G] small [D] town Saturday night.
It's a small town [G] Saturday night.
[C] [Em] [D]
[G] [D]
Well that part [G] of the song was pretty easy to write.
Pretty much just the way it happened.
I changed the names to protect the guilty.
I couldn't think of nothing else to say about a small town.
It's just small and all.
And one day I was home and I was working.
[D]
Actually I was laying on the couch.
[G] That's what I was doing.
I was just about to switch over from the young and the restless
over to the days of our lives when it came to me.
That one thing about a small town.
Now Bobby told Lucy the world ain't round.
You [C] know it drops [D] off short at the edge of town.
Lucy [G] you know the world must be flat.
[C] Cause when people [D] leave town they never come [G] back.
They [Em] go 90 miles an hour to the city limits sign.
[G] Put the pedal to [D] the metal for the [Em] change their mind.
And they'll howl [D] at the moon, shoot [Em] out the light.
It's a small [D] town [G] Saturday night.
They say howl at the moon, [D] [Em] shoot out the light.
Cause [C] it's a [D] small town [G] Saturday night.
It's a [D] small town Saturday night.
Said it's a small town [G] Saturday night.
[D]
Yeah.
[Eb] Alright.
Thanks very much.
[C] [B]
[N]
Key:
D
G
Em
C
Dm
D
G
Em
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
This song is about my _ hometown.
I grew up in a small town called LaGrange, Georgia. _
It's right over the Alabama line, almost in Alabama.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And when I was growing up there was only one movie theater there. _ _ _
_ _ And they used to play whatever the [D] latest Elvis movie was until [G] everybody had seen it. _ _
_ _ _ _ Sometimes that could take a while.
_ _ _ _ Now if you didn't want to go to that movie, if you were going steady like I was going steady,
and you didn't want to see it four times, you only wanted to see it three times,
you had to drive like a maniac to Noonan, Georgia, and _ _ see that movie,
and then drive back like a maniac to get back before curfew.
_ _ _ And that's kind of what this song, I thought that was a good idea for a song. _
_ _ _ _ _ Elvis was very important in my career. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well there's an Elvis movie on the Marquee side. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Oh we've [D] all seen it at least three times. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Everybody's broke but Bobby's got a bug.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] For a dollar's worth of cash he can pick up drugs. _ _ _ _ _
_ We're going 90 miles an hour down a dead end road.
What's the hurry, where are you [Em] going to go?
_ _ _ [G] _ _
We're going to howl at the moon, [Em] shoot out the light.
It's a small [D] town Saturday night.
It's a small town Saturday night. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Now Lucy's got her lipstick on a little too bright. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] And old [G] Bobby's getting drunk [D] and he's looking [G] for a fight. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Liquor on his breath and trouble on his mind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And old [D] Lucy's just a kid who's along for the ride. _ _ _ _
They [C] got a six pack of beer and a bottle of [D] wine.
They gotta be bad just to [Em] have a good time. _ _ _ _
And they'll howl [D] at the _ moon, [Em] shoot out the light.
It's a [G] small [D] town Saturday night.
It's a small town [G] Saturday night. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well that part [G] of the song was pretty easy to write. _ _
_ _ _ Pretty much just the way it happened.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I changed the names to protect the guilty. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I couldn't think of nothing else to say about a small town. _ _
_ _ _ It's just small and all. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And one day I was home and I was working.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Actually I was laying on the couch.
[G] That's what I was doing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I was just about to switch over from the young and the restless
over to the days of our lives _ when _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
it came to me.
_ _ That one thing about a small town. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now Bobby told Lucy the world ain't _ round. _ _
_ _ _ _ You [C] know it drops [D] off short at the edge of town. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Lucy [G] you know the world must be flat. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Cause when people [D] leave town they never come [G] back.
_ _ _ _ They [Em] go 90 miles an hour to the city limits sign.
[G] Put the pedal to [D] the metal for the [Em] change their mind.
_ _ _ _ And they'll howl [D] at the moon, shoot [Em] out the light.
It's a small [D] town [G] Saturday night.
They say howl at the moon, [D] [Em] shoot out the light. _ _ _ _ _
Cause [C] it's a [D] small town [G] Saturday night.
It's a [D] small town Saturday night.
Said it's a small _ town [G] Saturday _ night. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
_ [Eb] _ Alright. _ _
Thanks very much.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
This song is about my _ hometown.
I grew up in a small town called LaGrange, Georgia. _
It's right over the Alabama line, almost in Alabama.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And when I was growing up there was only one movie theater there. _ _ _
_ _ And they used to play whatever the [D] latest Elvis movie was until [G] everybody had seen it. _ _
_ _ _ _ Sometimes that could take a while.
_ _ _ _ Now if you didn't want to go to that movie, if you were going steady like I was going steady,
and you didn't want to see it four times, you only wanted to see it three times,
you had to drive like a maniac to Noonan, Georgia, and _ _ see that movie,
and then drive back like a maniac to get back before curfew.
_ _ _ And that's kind of what this song, I thought that was a good idea for a song. _
_ _ _ _ _ Elvis was very important in my career. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well there's an Elvis movie on the Marquee side. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Oh we've [D] all seen it at least three times. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Everybody's broke but Bobby's got a bug.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] For a dollar's worth of cash he can pick up drugs. _ _ _ _ _
_ We're going 90 miles an hour down a dead end road.
What's the hurry, where are you [Em] going to go?
_ _ _ [G] _ _
We're going to howl at the moon, [Em] shoot out the light.
It's a small [D] town Saturday night.
It's a small town Saturday night. _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Now Lucy's got her lipstick on a little too bright. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] And old [G] Bobby's getting drunk [D] and he's looking [G] for a fight. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Liquor on his breath and trouble on his mind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And old [D] Lucy's just a kid who's along for the ride. _ _ _ _
They [C] got a six pack of beer and a bottle of [D] wine.
They gotta be bad just to [Em] have a good time. _ _ _ _
And they'll howl [D] at the _ moon, [Em] shoot out the light.
It's a [G] small [D] town Saturday night.
It's a small town [G] Saturday night. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well that part [G] of the song was pretty easy to write. _ _
_ _ _ Pretty much just the way it happened.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I changed the names to protect the guilty. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I couldn't think of nothing else to say about a small town. _ _
_ _ _ It's just small and all. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And one day I was home and I was working.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Actually I was laying on the couch.
[G] That's what I was doing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I was just about to switch over from the young and the restless
over to the days of our lives _ when _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
it came to me.
_ _ That one thing about a small town. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now Bobby told Lucy the world ain't _ round. _ _
_ _ _ _ You [C] know it drops [D] off short at the edge of town. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Lucy [G] you know the world must be flat. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Cause when people [D] leave town they never come [G] back.
_ _ _ _ They [Em] go 90 miles an hour to the city limits sign.
[G] Put the pedal to [D] the metal for the [Em] change their mind.
_ _ _ _ And they'll howl [D] at the moon, shoot [Em] out the light.
It's a small [D] town [G] Saturday night.
They say howl at the moon, [D] [Em] shoot out the light. _ _ _ _ _
Cause [C] it's a [D] small town [G] Saturday night.
It's a [D] small town Saturday night.
Said it's a small _ town [G] Saturday _ night. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
_ [Eb] _ Alright. _ _
Thanks very much.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _