Our Little Town chords by Greg Brown

Intro:
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Verse 1:

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Now, the railroad came generations ago

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And the town grew up, as the crops did grow

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And the crops grew well, and the town did, too

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

Chorus 1:

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I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio

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I see it in the faces of everyone I know

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The cost goes up, what we made comes down

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What's gonna happen to our little town?

Interlude:
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Verse 2:

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The summer's full of thunder, the kids run and play

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

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Rust grows along the railroad track

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The young folks leave, they don't come back

Chorus 2:

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And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio

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I see it in the faces of everyone I know

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The boards go up, the signs come down

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And what's gonna happen to our little town?

Interlude:
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Verse 3:

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Tom lost his farm, and we lost Tom

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

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What he'd lost, he just couldn't face

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What we're losing, it can't be replaced

Chorus 3:

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And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio

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I see it in the faces of everyone I know

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The reason we're here, is the farms around

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So what's gonna happen to our little town?

Interlude:
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Verse 4:

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We've seen hard times many times before

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Maybe this whole thing is just one more

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It never was perfect, maybe no one's to blame

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

Chorus 4:

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And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio

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I see it in the faces of everyone I know

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The sun comes up, the sun goes down

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But what's gonna happen to our little town?

Outro:
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