Our Little Town chords by Greg Brown

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G

Verse 1:

         C majorC         G+G
Now, the railroad came generations ago

       D7D7            G+G
And the town grew up, as the crops did grow

          C majorC            G+G
And the crops grew well, and the town did, too

       D7D7             G+G
They say it's dying now and there ain't a thing we can do

Chorus 1:

        C majorC                G+G
I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio

        D7D7         G+G
I see it in the faces of everyone I know

     C majorC              G+G
The cost goes up, what we made comes down

       D7D7          G+G
What's gonna happen to our little town?

Interlude:
C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G

Verse 2:

           C majorC             G+G
The summer's full of thunder, the kids run and play

        D7D7               G+G
Mama got a new wrinkle, Papa ain't got much to say

      C majorC         G+G
Rust grows along the railroad track

        D7D7           G+G
The young folks leave, they don't come back

Chorus 2:

          C majorC                G+G
And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio

        D7D7        G+G
I see it in the faces of everyone I know

       C majorC         G+G
The boards go up, the signs come down

         D7D7          G+G
And what's gonna happen to our little town?

Interlude:
C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G

Verse 3:

       C majorC         G+G
Tom lost his farm, and we lost Tom

        D7D7               G+G
He left in the night, I don't know where he's gone

     C majorC           G+G
What he'd lost, he just couldn't face

      D7D7          G+G
What we're losing, it can't be replaced

Chorus 3:

          C majorC                G+G
And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio

        D7D7         G+G
I see it in the faces of everyone I know

         C majorC          G+G
The reason we're here, is the farms around

        D7D7          G+G
So what's gonna happen to our little town?

Interlude:
C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G

Verse 4:

      C majorC           G+G
We've seen hard times many times before

      D7D7         G+G
Maybe this whole thing is just one more

       C majorC             G+G
It never was perfect, maybe no one's to blame

     D7D7              G+G
To see it die like this, it's a goddamn shame

Chorus 4:

          C majorC                G+G
And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio

        D7D7         G+G
I see it in the faces of everyone I know

       C majorC        G+G
The sun comes up, the sun goes down

         D7D7          G+G
But what's gonna happen to our little town?

Outro:
C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G