I Love This Town chords by Nanci Griffith

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: FF

♫ Intro:

FF Bb majorBb C majorC  FF Bb majorBb C majorC  FF Bb majorBb C majorC  FF Bb majorBb FF C majorC


♫ Verse:
  FF           Bb majorBb   C majorC   FF           Bb majorBb   C majorC
I Love This Town like an unmade bed, I Love This Town of the living dead
  FF           Bb majorBb    C majorC  FF     Bb majorBb   FF C majorC
I Love This Town, gonna paint it red, if I can spare a minute
  FF            Bb majorBb    C majorC      FF          Bb majorBb     C majorC
I Love This Town where the curtains twitch, where this door scratches next door's itch
    FF      Bb majorBb  C majorC  FF     Bb majorBb   FF C majorC
It's a pantomime at fever pitch and we can all be in it

♫ Bridge:
 Eb MajorEb        AbAb   Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb         AbAb   Bb majorBb
People here are large as life, they know the whole world and his wife
    C minorCm         F7F7      AbAb         G7G7
From a razor's edge to a kitchen knife they'll be glad to help you


♫ Verse:
  FF         Bb majorBb   C majorC      FF        Bb majorBb  C majorC
I Love This Town of hidden charms, where no one means you any harm
  FF           Bb majorBb   C majorC   FF    Bb majorBb     FF  C majorC
And if you sleep through false alarms, no one here would blame you
  FF           Bb majorBb   C majorC      FF        Bb majorBb     C majorC
I Love This Town on the beaten track, where nothing slips between the cracks
   FF         Bb majorBb   C majorC     FF   Bb majorBb   FF  C majorC
Her rent's arrears his heart attack, now isn't that a shame


Instrumental ♫ Bridge:
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb FF  Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb FF  Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb FF  Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF


♫ Bridge:
 Eb MajorEb         AbAb    Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb     AbAb     Bb majorBb
Everyone's friendly to your face and everybody knows their place
  C minorCm      F7F7        AbAb         G7G7
As long as you respect their space, you won't have to worry


♫ Bridge:
   FF         Bb majorBb   C majorC     FF        Bb majorBb  C majorC
The town hall clock is calling out, it's rush hour on the roundabout
DmDm       G7G7     Bb majorBb         A7A7
Now I know without a doubt it's the place for me


♫ Verse:
  G+G          C majorC    D MajorD       G+G          C majorC   D MajorD
I Love This Town, the dirty streets, it's a merry-go-round with broken seats
    G+G         C majorC   D MajorD  G+G     C majorC   FF D MajorD
Where silk and lace and satin sheets are only dirty washing
  G+G          C majorC    D MajorD     G+G     C majorC   D MajorD
I Love This Town, down on its knees, it's going under by degrees
   G+G       C majorC    D MajorD   G+G     C majorC     FF  D MajorD
Still we can do just as we please, as long as no one's watching


Coda:
  A augmentedA         D MajorD     E MajorE    A augmentedA         D MajorD     E MajorE
I Love This Town, I Love This Town, I Love This Town, I Love This Town
  A augmentedA         D MajorD     E MajorE
I Love This Town, I Love This Town
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  A augmentedA   D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE   A augmentedA   D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE   FF   G+G  A augmentedA
    I Love This Town, I Love This Town, I Love This Town