Chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6 (2x)
🎸 Verse 1:
A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
New Years at the Chanticleer and I just signed my record deal
A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
Someone's singing karaoke, just a townie playing make believe
G5G5 D5D5 A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7
There you were spinning 'round in your cardboard crown
E6E6 A5A5
You said, "Congrats, you made it out, but
🎸 Chorus:
E5E5
Don't forget about your town
A5A5 A major 6A6 A5A5
Don't forget where you came from
C#5C#5 B5B5
'Cause first you're up then you're down, come crashing back to Earth
A5A5 A major 6A6 A5A5
And there's no one around
E5E5 E6E6 E5E5
Don't forget about the pain
A5A5 A major 6A6 A5A5
Of being young and forgotten
C#5C#5 B5B5
And when you're up on that stage, at the top of your game
A5A5 A major 6A6 A5A5
Don't forget who taught you to play
E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
Don't forget about me"
E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
🎸 Verse 2:
A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
I was just another shy kid on the playground til you came around
A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
Had big ideas and bigger dreams that no one seemed to give a shit about
G5G5 D5D5 A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7
There you were, you said, "If you've got a song, well, sing it loud"
E6E6 A5A5
You told me someday I'd make it out, but
🎸 Chorus:
E5E5 E6E6 E5E5
Don't forget about your town
A5A5 A major 6A6 A5A5
Don't forget where you came from
C#5C#5 B5B5
'Cause first you're up then you're down, come crashing back to Earth
A5A5 A major 6A6 A5A5
And there's no one around
E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
Don't forget about the pain
A5A5 A major 6A6 A5A5
Of being young and forgotten
C#5C#5 B5B5
And when you're up on that stage, at the top of your game
A5A5 A major 6A6 A5A5
Don't forget who taught you to play
E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7
Don't forget about me
E6E6 A5A5 A major 6A6 Amaj7Amaj7 A major 6A6 C#5C#5 B5B5 A augmentedA
Don't forget about me Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
🎸 Verse 3:
A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
Found a voicemail that you left me back in two thousand seventeen
A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7 E6E6
You said, "I'm sorry you don't call me more I guess you're just too busy for me"
G5G5 D5D5 A5A5 E5E5 E6E6 EMaj7Emaj7
But they were playing your song in the CVS downtown
E6E6 A5A5
And I just called to say, "I'm so proud"
🎸 Outro:
E5E5
I won't forget about my town
A5A5
And I won't forget where I came from
C#5C#5 B5B5
'Cause I've been up, I've been down, came crashing back to Earth
A5A5
But you're not around
Chords Instructions:
E5E5 02xxxx
E6E6 04xxxx
EMaj7Emaj7 06xxxx
A5A5 x02xxx
A major 6A6 x04xxx
Amaj7Amaj7 x06xxx
C#5C#5 x466xx
B5B5 x244xx
G5G5 355xxx
D5D5 x577xx