Big Times In A Small Town chords by James Mee

Intro:

G C G C G C D

Verse 1:
G        C          D      G
Children playing, dinners cooking
G          C      D         G
Father's walking home from working
C                   G       D              G
The neighbors are yelling, they'll never divorce
C           G           C             D
The river bends, but it won't change course

C        D      C      G
Silent houses, fast asleep
          C           D      C
A traffic light on a quiet street
G C      G          C        G
Church steeples, telephone poles
    C          G       D
The diner is closing, the river flows

Chorus:
G               C          D
Big times in a small town (2x)
          C                 D
You can almosts hear it breathing
 C                 D
If you know the sound
C                D    G
Big times in a small town

Verse 2:
G        C          D      G
You see, girls grow up and they make new homes
G          C      D         G
They marry boys they've always known
G C      G          C        G
High school sweethearts, hearts on a tree
    C          G       D
The river moves on quietly

G        C          D      G
Boys on the backroads, drinking wine
G          C      D         G
Dreaming the dreams their fathers left behind
C            G               C        G
Sometimes I wonder what the future will bring
    C                      G        D
And the river whispers, hey boy, nothing but the same old things

Chorus:
G               C          D
Big times in a small town (2x)
          C                 D
You can almosts hear it breathing
 C                 D
If you know the sound
        C                 D
And if home is where the heart is
 C                 D
This is where I'm bound
C                D    G
Big times in a small town

Verse 3:
G        C          D      G
Well I'm eating french fries all covered with gravy
G          C      D         G
Talking with the Saint Ann Hall bingo ladies
C                  G          C            G
And suddenly I remember as I'm walking down these streets
    C                      G       C                 D
This town runs through my veins, And that river runs deep

Chorus:
G               C          D
Big times in a small town (2x)
          C                 D
You can almost hear it breathing
 C                 D
If you know the sound
        C                 D
And if home is where the heart is
 C                 D
This is where I'm bound
 C                 D
For here is where they'll lay me
 C                 D
When they lay me down
C                D    G
Big times in a small town