Old Hometown chords by Doug Paisley

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

🎸 Intro:

C  | C  | F  | F  | C  | F  | C  | G  | x2

🎸 Verse 1:
C
Ain't been alone in a while
F
I took a walk downtown
G                     F
Look in the windows, watching the wind blow
C            G
The people around
C

Go for a drive in the night
F
Out in the blinking lights
G                        F
Hair in the back of our old Pontiac
C                    G
Just as free as you like

🎸 Chorus:
         Am          F         C               G
And it's always the same old places crumbling down
         Am          F        C              G
And it's always the same old faces walking around
          Am      F        C                  G
When you stay in your hometown, your old hometown

🎸 Interlude:
C  | C  | F  | F  | C  | F  | C  | G

🎸 Verse 2:
C
Our baby rolled on the floor
F
Our baby rolled out the door
G                      F
One sunny day, she'll come back and say
C                      G
"I don't live here anymore"
C
There ain't a price you can pay
F
There ain't a reason to stay
G                                  F
My friend down the block, you know we never talk
C                         G
I guess he wants it that way

🎸 Chorus:
         Am          F         C               G
And it's always the same old places crumbling down
          Am      F        C                  G
When you stay in your hometown, your old hometown
         Am          F        C              G
And it's always the same old faces walking around
          Am      F        C
When you stay in your hometown

🎸 Outro:
C  | C  | F  | F  | C  | F  | C  | G  | x2

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