Our Town Chords by Iris Dement

[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.
_ [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] _ .
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 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 [Bb] die.
Go on [Eb] now and say goodbye.
[Bb] To our town, [F] to our town.
[Bb] _ .
_ Can't you see [Eb] 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.
_ [Eb] _ _ .
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ [Bb] Good night.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ .