Boomtown chords by Toby Keith

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: A

Verse 1:
     A
The people came here from parts unknown
     D7
Sleepin' in their cars 'cause they didn't have homes
        A
Thought this place was the promised land
        D7
If you could roughneck, we could use a good man
     E7
Come on boy let me show you around
          D7                    C
You could make a lot of money here
                  A
Livin' in a boomtown

Verse 2:
        A
Well some build bars and big hotels
       D7
Downshift drive and the people live well
        A
High on the hog and wild on the range
        D7
Pocket full of cash instead of chump change
     E7
This place kicks when the sun goes down
        D7                   C
Ain't life great when you're livin' in a
A
Boomtown

Chorus:
       D7
See oil was the blood that flowed through the soul
        A
To keep a man workin' when it's forty below
       B7
Relent to the devil in the
       D7
Cold cold ground
      C                     E7
Trying to make a dollar here livin' in a boomtown

Verse 3:
       A
Six short years the oil fields went
       D7
Rigs came down and the money got spent
       A
And the wisemen saved for a rainy day
       D7
The fools packed up and moved away
     E7
The hotels closed and the bars shut down
          D7                    C
And it got real quiet livin' in a
A
Boomtown

Chorus:
       D7
See oil was the blood that flowed through the soul
        A
To keep a man workin' when it's forty below
       B7
Relent to the devil in the
       D7
Cold cold ground
      C                     E
Trying to make a dollar here livin' in a boomtown

Verse 4:
        A5
Now the cafe's filled with people tellin' lies
       D5
Trying to figure out how the town went dry
        A5
You can buy a house a dime on the dollar
       D5
Need a good home just give me a holler
     E7
I can move you in with no money down
          D7                   C
Still tryin' to make a dollar here
                  A
Livin' in a boomtown

Outro:
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Livin' in a boomtown
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Livin' in a boomtown