Bobby Bare – Somebody Bought My Old Hometown (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1967 Album A BIRD NAMED YESTERDAY)
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G A D I used to like to listen to the tales of the old men who sat around the old park square D But the piddlers and the whittlers and the checker boards're gone E7 A7 D There's a brand new office building there G D E7 A7 And the street known as Maple is much wider now and there are no maples to be found D G A D Since Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown
[Guitar Solo]
D E7 A D
[Verse 2]
D There used to be good fishin' down along the shady mill stream G A D You'd see 'em as they jumped and played
But the blue gill and the croppie and the old mill made way
E7 A D For Chemical Division Section A G D They pulled up the flowers planted by the Ladies' Club E7 A7 And took the city founder statue down D G A D When Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown
[Harmonica Solo]
D E7 A D
[Verse 3]
D Yeah the picture show has had it where I used to spend my Saturdays G A D With Gene and Roy and Hopalong E7 A7 D Now the Brotherhood of Gismo Fixers Local 102 is making it their temporary home G D E7 A7 They cut down the maples along Maple Street and of course the pool hall came down D G A D When Consolidated Whozit Subdivision of Universal-What-You-Call-It bought my old hometown
[Outro]
G A D