Roger Miller – This Town (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
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Well if you ever want to get depressed just come to this town

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Nothing to do from dinner to breakfast in this town

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Four street lights and one old grocery

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I ain't long to stay here no siree

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I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
[Verse 2]
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I've seen towns but no town's as bad as this town

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It don't take long to feel lowdown in this town

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Soon cotton's gone opened up and I'm gonna pick it

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Just long enough to make enough to buy myself a ticket

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I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
[Verse 3]
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Here I stand on the dusty road leavin' this town

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Hoping that dog ain't got a full load leavin' this town

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The state built new access for travel

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They got the pavement and we got the gravel

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That's the reason everythin's dying around here in this town

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[Verse 4]
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Well there's lots of sunshine very little hay in this town

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The mail don't run but every other day in this town

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Four street lights and one old grocery

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I ain't long to stay here no siree

Eb                     Bb                     Eb
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
[Verse 5]
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Well we don't reap we don't sow in this town

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Things are so bad that the weeds won't grow in this town

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One two three four five six seven this town can go to other place I'm goin' to heaven

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I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town