Can't Take My Hometown chords by Moonshine Bandits

• Capo on 5th
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

N.C.
Burn County

🎸 Chorus:

                  Em
You can't take my home town
A                      D
The way of life, never slows down
G                      Bm
Whip-poor-will singing the song of the south
        A                 D                       G
And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
       Bm                  A
Now it might not look like much
         D                          G
But this old place is still home to us
               Bm                      A
And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
                  D
So you can change the world, but I'm gonna tell ya now
G                 Bm         A
You can't take my home town, yeah

🎸 Instrumental:

D G Bm A



🎸 Verse :

D         G           Bm                        A
Uh, yeah, yeah, Jones County born and raised, I was k through 12
           D                                      G
My friends and teachers all loved me, but at home I was hell
       Bm                          A
Me and my brothers know we did it, staying up to 12
       D                       G
But we was just trying to live and entertain ourselves
           Bm                                A
Where does the time go hiding, cause I ain't found it yet
       D                             G
As I'm passing handy andy, where mom and daddy met
           Bm                            A
Eery which way I turn I'm seeing special memories
       D                              G
All of the places and people and what they meant to me
    Bm                           A
See I was planted with a purpose is what I believe
   D                             G
So no matter the wins and losses I could never leave
       Bm                      A
I wish as a little kid, I knew what I know now
              D                               G
That there is no place on earth that's better than my home town

🎸 Chorus:

                  Bm
You can't take my home town
A                      D
The way of life, never slows down
G                          Bm
Whip-poor-will singing the song of the south
        A                     D                   G
And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
       Bm                  A
Now it might not look like much
         D                          G
But this old place is still home to us
               Bm                      A
And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
                  D
So you can change the world, but I'm gonna tell ya now
G                 Bm         A
You can't take my home town, yeah

🎸 Instrumental:

D G Bm A D G



🎸 Verse :

Bm                A
63 scout with the rooftop missing
D                        G
Pull up to pachecho with my 15's kicking
Bm                         A
Smoking dirt weed, we were rolling dirt roads
        D                        G
We were all dirt broke, shooting bb's at the crows
Bm                          A
Town and country groceries, I miss my mom and pops
D                    G
Got my first fade at glady's barber shop
       Bm                        A
Broken bottles by the stop sign, they painted all the walls
               D                          G
There might be cracks on the sidewalk but our flag stands tall
Bm                         A
Blacktop and burnouts, and steven in my chevy
        D                   G
Leaving rubber on 11th, bud lights in his yeti, whoa
Bm               A
This whole town, is my home town
    D                      G
And if you try to take it, we'll be throwing down
      Bm                         A
Cause of shane on the deere man, he's been running overtime
D                                   G
We've been drinking this clear that was made from this clementine
Bm                   A
Eating lamb stew, at Wooley's with the crew
    D                         G
Reminiscing about a town that we knew before it grew

🎸 Chorus:

                  Bm
You can't take my home town
A                      D
The way of life, never slows down
G                          Bm
Whip-poor-will singing the song of the south
        A                     D                   G
And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
       Bm                  A
Now it might not look like much
         D                          G
But this old place is still home to us
               Bm                      A
And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
                  D
So you can change the world, but I'm gonna tell ya now
G                 Bm         A
You can't take my home town, yeah

🎸 Instrumental:

D G Bm A D G



🎸 Verse :

Bm                    A                   D            G
Our church bells will sing out a tune out every single day
Bm                          A                    D             G
And ol' ty is about to lift them wheels out, got another feild to spray
          Bm                       A
And those farmers like to stay out at the donut shop
         D                   G
And love to talk about their hay
Bm               A                 D                     G
And we all stand so damn tall when the stars and stripes are raised
         Bm           A                D                 G
And come friday night under the lights down at loftin stadium
      Bm                    A
We're on our feet, you know we can't be beat
         D                    G
And when we watch them tigers run (we watch them run)

🎸 Chorus:

                  Bm
You can't take my home town
A                      D
The way of life, never slows down
G                      Bm
Whip-poor-will singing the song of the south
        A                 D                       G
And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
       Bm             A
Now it might not look like much
         D                          G
But this old place is still home to us
               Bm                      A
And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
                  D
So you can change the world, but I'm gonna tell ya now
G                 Bm
You can't take my home town

🎸 Outro:
                 A               D                G
Oh, my home town it's home to me I'll be here for enernity
        Bm             A
It's my home town, the wild and free
    D                        G                   Bm         A      D
The one thing you can't take away from me, is my home town, yeah
G                 Bm         A       D      G
You can't take my home town, yeah