Company Town chords by Show Of Hands

Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:
Am               E
Wake the union, sound the alarm
          C                       D
They're storming the gates of the old city farm
       F7                   E7              Am   F7  E7
And I won't go down to the company town no more
Am                    E
Wolves in the night, circling the flock
  C                          D
Shepherds are honing their knives on the block
      F7                   E7              Am    F  G
So I won't go down to the company town no more

stick 1:
          C                 D
They're singing and dancing up on the hill
    Em            D            C         D
but here in the street we're paying the bills
          Am                    Asus2/G#
for the wheelers and dealers, fixers and spies
 C/G                      D/F#
peddling their wares and telling their lies
       F7                   E7              Am    F7  E
and I won't go down to the company town no more

Verse 2:
               Am
You know, the smart money's leaving,
       E
it's heading out east
             C                      D
but they're sailing right into the heart of the beast
       F7              E7              Am   F7  E7
So I won't go down to company town no more
Am                          E
Call out the coast guard, send up the flare
            C                   D
there's an iceberg coming, but noone  cares
       F7                   E7              Am    F  G
and I won't go down to the company town no more

Stick 2:
      C                          D
But here below deck, looks like nothing has changed
         Em               D              C         D
but the books have been cooked and the chairs rearranged
    Am                   Asus2/G#
So I'm in the life boat, over the side
 C/G                 D/F#
Pulling away on the sweet morning tide
       F7               E7              Am    F7  E
and I won't go down to company town no more

Verse 3:
    Am                 E
So wake up the union, ring on the bell
         C                     D
Now the party's over and it's hurting like hell
        F7                           E
Here's one lost soul that won't be found
          C                D
'til the trumpet peals of judgment sounds
        F7                  E               Am