My Home Town chords by Bruce Springsteen (Ver. 2)

Bruce Springsteen

MY HOMETOWN (from the album "Born in the USA")
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NOTE: Taken from the book Springsteen Complete.

INTRO: E/A A   E/A A   D A E Esus E  Esus E  A  D

I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
   E/A  A 		 E/A A		 D  A   E

Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
     Esus E     Esus E	  	 A	D

I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
  E/A  A 		  E/A A 	   D      A       E

He'd tousle my hair and say son take a good look around
   Esus E       Esus E	    A	 D

This is your hometown, 		this is your hometown
    A		E/A A      D  A  E

This is your hometown, 		this is your hometown
    Esus E     Esus E     A    D   E/A A


In '65 tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come to my hometown
My hometown, my hometown, my hometown

Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
  F#m					 E/A A      E/A A

Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
   F#m				  E/A A		 E/A A

They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
    D			    E/A    A	     E/A A

Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to
    D				  A		   E

Your hometown, your hometown, your hometown, your hometown

Last night me and Kate we laid in bed talking about getting out
Packing up our bags maybe heading south
I'm thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around
This is your hometown

CHORD FORMATIONS:
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E/A  x 0 2 1 0 0
A   0 0 2 2 2 0
Esus 0 2 2 2 0 0
E   0 2 2 1 0 0
D   x 0 0 2 3 2
F#m  2 4 4 2 2 2 (Bar on 2nd fret)