My Home Town chords by The Wannadies

Chords with lyrics

Album: The Wannadies (1990)
Transcribed by Jon Malmin ([email protected])
Tuning: Standard E MajorE

Obscure band, obscure song, obscure little town... But anyone who's grown up
in Skelleftea, Sweden, will recognize this as a classic, and a local anthem!
Note that for the chords D/F#D/F# and B7/D#, the second note is only the root note,
played by a bassist on the recording. They're entirely optional on guitar.
Oh, and the chord progressions for the verse and chorus never change throughout the song!

Intro:
E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G A minorAm (x2)
E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G A minorAm B7B7 B7/Eb E minorEm C majorC

[Verse]
E minorEm D/F#D/F#    G+G    A minorAm
...This is "my home town song"
E minorEm  D/F#D/F#   G+G     A minorAm
...A "how it's like at home song"
E minorEm D/F#D/F#   G+G   A minorAm  B7B7
...Spending hours all alone
B7/Eb  E minorEm   C majorC
Waiting by the phone

E minorEm  D/F#D/F#      G+G   A minorAm
It's hard to say come closer
E minorEm  D/F#D/F#    G+G   A minorAm
When you're so far away
E minorEm  D/F#D/F#      G+G   A minorAm
And sometimes it's hard to remember that
B7B7  B7/Eb     E minorEm    C majorC
...Tomorrow's as close as yesterday

[Chorus]
A minorAm   G+G
This is my home town
C majorC   G+G  D MajorD
This is my home town
A minorAm   G+G
This is my home town
C majorC     G+G
This is...
D MajorD    E minorEm  [Same chord progression as the intro]
My hometooown...

[Verse]
I'm dossing up and down these streets,
Where nothing ever seems to change
Where wet green grass meets dust and dirt
That's where love no longer hurts

I've never been a loner,
At least I've never wanted to be one
So whatever you do, remember one thing:
My home is where my heart is and...

[Chorus]
This is my home town...

[Repeat the intro chord progression again]

[Verse one reprise; BASS NOTES ONLY, NOT CHORDS]
E MajorE  F#F#     G+G     A augmentedA
...This is "my home town song"
E MajorE   F#F#    G+G     A augmentedA
...A "how it's like at home song"
E MajorE  F#F#    G+G  A augmentedA  BB
...Spending hours all alone
Eb MajorEb   E MajorE    C majorC
Waiting by the phone

(You can start to pick the guitar chords here)
E MajorE   F#F#       G+G  A augmentedA
It's hard to say "come closer"
E MajorE   F#F#    G+G   A augmentedA
When you're so far away
E MajorE  F#F#    G+G   A augmentedA     BB
Whatever you do, remember one thing:
  Eb MajorEb       E MajorE    C majorC
My home is where my heart is and...

[Chorus]
This is my home town...