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πΈ Intro:
D
πΈ Verse 1:
D
All the stereo types
Friday night lights
I hate to say they're true
Bm
All the football games and the drama queens with nothin' better to do
G
I swore I wouldn't miss that
G D
I said I'd never come back here
D
Had the U-Haul packed before I walked the stage at graduation
Bm
I was ready to fly over the red lights that kept me waitin'
G
From the second they turned green
G D
I got out and gone for three years
πΈ Pre-Chorus:
A G
It's amazing what a little time and space
A
Can do to a place
πΈ Chorus:
D
When I drive down these roads
I see you and me at sixteen
A
When I never coulda known comin' back would be so sweet
Bm A G
Every chance I get
I wanna go now
Bm A G
Every memory makes me wanna slow down
D
You make it hard to hate this hometown
πΈ Verse 2:
D D
That nothin'-goin'-on corner store and that lakeview parkin' lot
Bm Bm
Your parents' old red brick house, they moved out, but it's still got
G
A whole lot of you and me
G D
And, baby, that's all I see now
πΈ Pre-Chorus:
A G
It's amazin' what fallin' in love'll do
A
To a place you thought you knew
πΈ Chorus:
D D
When I drive down these roads
I see you and me at sixteen
A A
When I never coulda known comin' back would be so sweet
Bm A G
Every chance I get
I wanna go now
Bm A G
Every memory makes me wanna slow down
G D
You make it hard to hate this hometown
A
You make it hard to hate this hometown
Bm A G
You make it hard to hate this hometown
πΈ Chorus 2:
D
When I drive down these roads, yeah
I almost wanna stay
A
Oh
I never coulda known how my feelings could change
Bm A G
Every chance that I get
I wanna go now
Bm C#m G
Every memory makes me wanna slow down
G D
You make it hard to hate this hometown
Bm
You make it hard to hate this hometown
πΈ Outro:
G
Mmmm
A D
Other versions of this song
- Hate This Hometown (Ver2) (Chords)
Song History
Published: February 7, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025