[Intro]
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[Verse]
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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 em going crazy, and up here so am I
[Pre-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?
[Chorus]
C G Am F C
Give me back my hometown
C G C
Cause this is my hometown
[Verse]
C
All the colors of my youth, the red the green the hope the truth
Am F
Are beating me black and blue cause your in every scene.
C
My friends try to cheer me up, we get together at the Pizza Hut
Am F
I didn’t have the heart to tell em that was our place
[Pre-chorus]
G F
These sleepy streetlights on every sidewalk, side street
G F G
Shed a light on everything that used to be
[Chorus]
C G Am F C
Give me back my hometown
C G C
Cause this is my hometown
[Interlude]
Am F
yeeeeaaaaahhhh ohhh yeeeaaahhh
Am F
yeeeaaaahhh ohhh yeeeeeaaahh
[Bridge]
Am
You can have my grandma’s locket,
the knife outta my grandpa’s pocket
F
My state champion jacket, I don’t care you can have it
Am
Every vague memory. every picture every broken dream
F
Yeah everything, everything, everything
[Chorus]
C G Am F C
Give me back my hometown
C G C
Cause this is my hometown
[Outro]
Am F
yeeeeaaaaahhhh ohhh yeeeaaahhh
Am F
yeeeaaaahhh ohhh yeeeeeaaahh
Am F
eww ahhh oooooo ohhh yeeeeaaaahhhh
C
oooo ooooo ooooo
C
Now oooo oooo
C
ahh oooooo ooooo
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
C
Damn I used to love this view,
sit here and drink a few
Am Main street and the high school,
F
lit up on Friday night
C
Down there it's another touchdown,
Man this year’s team is stout
Am I can hear em going crazy,
F
and up here so am I
[Pre-chorus]
G Thinkin about you sittin there
F
sayin I hate this, I hate it
G If you couldn’t stand livin
F G
here why’d you take it, take it?
[Chorus]
C G Am F C
Give me back my hometown
C G C
Cause this is my hometown
[Verse]
C
All the colors of my youth, the
red the green the hope the truth
Am Are beating me black and blue
F
cause your in every scene.
C
My friends try to cheer me up,
we get together at the Pizza Hut
Am I didn’t have the heart
F
to tell em that was our place
[Pre-chorus]
G These sleepy streetlights
F
on every sidewalk, side street
G F Shed a light on everything
G
that used to be
[Chorus]
C G Am F C
Give me back my hometown
C G C
Cause this is my hometown
[Interlude]
Am F
yeeeeaaaaahhhh ohhh yeeeaaahhh
Am F
yeeeaaaahhh ohhh yeeeeeaaahh
[Bridge]
Am
You can have my grandma’s
locket,
the knife outta my grandpa’s pocket
F
My state champion jacket, I
don’t care you can have it
Am
Every vague memory. every
picture every broken dream
F
Yeah everything, everything,
everything
[Chorus]
C G Am F C
Give me back my hometown
C G C
Cause this is my hometown
[Outro]
Am F
yeeeeaaaaahhhh ohhh yeeeaaahhh
Am F
yeeeaaaahhh ohhh yeeeeeaaahh
Am F
eww ahhh oooooo ohhh yeeeeaaaahhhh
C
oooo ooooo ooooo
C
Now oooo oooo
C
ahh oooooo ooooo