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Version 1
My Little Town
Words & music by Paul Simon 1975
[Intro]
E B/D# C#m
E B/D# C#m
E B/D# C#m
[ Verse 1 ]
E
In my little town
Em Em7/A A7
I grew up believ--ing
D Bm Am
God keeps His eye on us all
F C
And He used to lean upon me
C+ E7 A
As I pledged allegiance to the wall
Bm E
Lord I recall
A
My little town
[Verse 2]
A/G# F#m
Coming home after school
Am6 D9
Flying my bike past the gates
G E7 F
Of the factories
Bb F
My mom doing the laundry
F+ A
Hanging our shirts
D
In the dirty breeze
[Verse 3]
G
And after it rains
There's a rainbow
D
And all of the colors are black
Em D
It's not that the colors aren't there
G Dmaj7 E
It's just imagin-ation they lack
Em7
Everything's the same
A D G D G
Back in my little town
Bm Bm/A A
D G D G
[Chorus]
D C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
Bm
Back in my little town
D C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
Bm
Back in my little town
A F#m
In my little town
[Verse 4]
Am6 D9
I never meant nothin'
G E7 F
I was just my fathers son
Bb F
Saving my money
Bb F
Dreaming of glory
Bb F
Twitching like a finger
F+ A D
On the trigger of a gun
D C#m7-5
Leaving nothing but the dead and dying
Bm
Back in my little town
[Outro]
D C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
F# Bm
Back in my little town
D C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
F# Bm
Back in my little town
D C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
F# Bm
Back in my little town