Eric Church – Give Me Back My Hometown (Guitar)

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[Intro] C [Verse 1]
C
Damn, I used to love this view, sit here and drink a few

Am                                F
Main street and the high school, lit up on Friday night

 C
Down there it's another touchdown, man, this year's team is stout

Am                         F
I can hear them goin' crazy,and up here so am I
[Chorus]
G                                          F
Thinkin' about you sittin' there sayin', I hate this, I hate it

G                                            F        G
If you couldn't stand livin' here why'd you take it, take it

 C   G   Am   F         C
Give me back my hometown

                 G          C
'Cause this is my hometown
[Verse 2]
C
All the colors of my youth, the red, the green, the hope, the truth

Am                                    F
 Are beatin' me black and blue, 'cause you're in every scene

C
My friends try to cheer me up, get together at the Pizza Hut

Am                                  F
I didn't have the heart to tell them that was our place
[Chorus]
G                                   F
 These sleepy streetlights on every sidewalk side street

G                    F         G
Shed a light on everything that used to be

C    G   Am  F           C
Give me back my hometown

                 G        C
'Cause this is my hometown

 Am                F               Am
Yeah, yeah, ooohh, yeah, yeah, aah, ooh

        F
Ooooh, yeah, yeah
[Bridge]
Am
You can have my grandma's locket, the knife out of my grandpa's pocket

F
Yeah, my state champion jacket, I don't care, you can have it

Am
Every made memory, every picture, every broken dream

       F
Yeah, everything, everything, everything
[Chorus]
C    G   Am   F          C
Give me back my hometown

                 G         C
'Cause this is my hometown
[Outro]
Am                F                Am        F
Yeah, yeah, ooohh,yeah, yeah, aah, ooh, ooh, yeah

Am                F               G
Yeah, yeah, ooohh,yeah, yeah, aah, oooh

        Am              G      C        Dm
Ooooh, yeah, yeah, aah, oooh, oooh, aah, oooh

     Em         F      G
Ooh, oooh, aah, oooh,  oooh

     Am                G    C
ooh, yeah, yeah, aah, oooh, oooh, aah, ooh -----