Mary Chapin Carpenter – Hero In Your Own Hometown (Guitar)

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From the album "A Place In The World" (1996) Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/5RlEeShcxfKf6vACjgBe65?si=2fdcda68dcf84a97 [Intro] | F | G Am | F | G C | | F | G Am | F | G C | [Verse 1]
        F                    C/E
We were born during the boom times

       G                      C
Played house down in the bomb shelter

F                           C/E
Suffered through the wonder years

    G                     C
And silence at the dinner hour

    Am                G                    F
But once upon a summertime, out behind the old garage

        Am            G                 F           G
We were buzzing on midnight, Luckys and Rolling Rock
[Chorus]
C                F             G   C   F   G
Thinking we were heroes in our own hometown

Am                F              G   C   F   G   C
Nothing less than heroes in that old hometown
[Verse 2]
     F                   C/E
Some married on a day in June

     G                     C
Some disappeared without a trace

    F                       C/E
And some of us are still at large

      G                      C
Still searching for a better place

    Am                G                      F
But once upon another time, it didn't matter what they said

       Am                  G                     F        G
Didn't matter if we fell behind, we'd still come out ahead
[Chorus]
      C              F              G   C   F   G
Cause we believed in heroes in that old hometown

     Am             F            G   C   F   G   C
Hey, you could be a hero in your own hometown
[Bridge]
        Am7
Now I'm long away and very far

     G                     C
From gazing at an evening sky

     Am7
From wishing on a shooting star

     G                           C
From thinking that a heart can't lie

     F
This world is gonna wear you thin

         Am7
Knot you up and spin you round

     F
This world will take it's aim, call you every name

D/A                 D
Trying to bring you down
[Guitar solo] | F | G Am | F | G C | | F | G Am | F | G C | [Verse 3]
F                   C/E
Everything seems so clear

            G                           C
When you're looking back from such a distance

         F                   C/E
When the road not taken disappears

  G                      C
Into the path of least resistance

    Am          G          F
But once upon a time oh so long ago

     Am                   G        F             G
Underneath this same old sky every brand new road
[Chorus]
      C                 F             G   C   F                   G
Would know that we were heroes in our own hometown (heroes in our own hometown)

Am                F              G   C   F                    G
Nothing less than heroes in that old hometown (heroes in that old hometown)

C                F           G   C   F                   G
We still loved a hero in our own hometown (heroes in our own hometown)

     Am             F            G   C   Am7  G   C
Baby you could be a hero in your own hometown
[Outro] | F | G Am | F | G C | | F | G C | Am7 | G C | | F | G Am | F | G C | | F | G Am | F | G C |