John Mellencamp – Small Town (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

[Intro] G D C D x4 [Verse 1]
G            D          C          D
 Well, I was born in a small town

G       D        C           D
 And I live in a small town

G        D        C
 Prob'ly die in a small town

            Am            D
 Oh, those small communities
[Verse 2]
G       D              C          D
 All my friends are so small town

G            D          C               D
 My parents live in the same small town

G   D         C
 My job is so small town

          Am              D
 Provides little opportunity
G D C D x2 [Verse 3]
G         D    C           D
 Educated in a small town

G                    D          C          D
 Taught the fear of Jesus in a small town

G           D     C
 Used to daydream in that small town

  Am                             D
 Another boring romantic, that's me
[Verse 4]
           G       D        C          D
 But I've seen it all in a small town

G             D         C           D
 Had myself a ball in a small town

G           D                   C
 Married an LA doll and brought her to this small town

           Am                   D
 Now she's small town just like me
[Bridge]
      C         G                 C              G
No, I cannot forget from where it is that I come from

     C               G          D
I cannot forget the people who love me

            C    G         C             G
Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town

    C             G               D
And people let me be just what I want to be
G D C D x2 [Instrumental] | Em | Em | G / / C| G | | Em | Em | G | D | | Em | Em | G / / C| G | | D | D | D | D | (lightly fingerpick for 2 bars) G Gsus4 G6 G x2 (hammer on C) (arpeggio down G6 e d b g (or a) g ) [Verse 5] (light strumming)
G             D         C        D
 Got nothing against a big town

G                D            C                         D
 Still hayseed enough to say look who's in the big town

G       D           C
 But my bed is in a small town

                Am               D
 Oh, and that's good enough for me
[Verse 6]
G            D         C           D
 Well, I was born in a small town

G          D            C           D
 And I can breathe in a small town

G      D           C
 Gonna die in this small town

            Am                          D
 And that's probl'y where they'll bury me
[Outro] G D C D x7 G D C