Smokestack Town

Intro: D D G G [Verso 1] D Well, I took a little trip to the smokestack town D It's the only thing that helps me when I'm feeling down G Took a left in the high school parking G Lit a spliff in the VP parking spot D Got an old Toyota, four bald tires D Took her down River Road and past Southwire G Pulled it off that two-story house burnt down D D G G Nothing left but ashes now [Verso 2] D I've been 'cross Hogsville to the paper mill D Well, it's nice to see it's up and running still G Used to sleep down here with a rod and reel and pray for a little luck D And my daddy's still working the graveyard shift D Never seemed to really struggle much at all with it G Soon enough, he saved it up enough to call it quits G 'Cause it broke his body down A G D D G G And that's the way it goes in a lonely smokestack town [Refrão] A This town ain't really ever changed G Since my parents' parents gave 'em names D A But it's nice to see the same old friendly faces roaming 'round A That sunset sky still up in flames G At a district high school baseball game D A G And the grass is blue and the river's running brown D D G G In a smokestack town [Verso 3] D Well, I pulled on in the Vastwood Park D Where the kids are still hanging out after dark G No light but a butane lighter spark G Smells a little too loud D They swear their parents still don't know D But they were here too, not long ago G After all, there ain't elsewhere to go in a lonely smokestack town A G D It's just nice to see the kids still hang around [Refrão] A And this town ain't really ever changed G Since my parents' parents gave 'em names D A But it's nice to see the same old friendly faces roaming 'round A That sunset sky still up in flames G At a district high school baseball game D A G And the grass is blue and the river's running brown D In a smokestack town Instrumental: Break D G G [Refrão] A This town ain't really ever changed G Since my parents' parents gave 'em names D A But it's nice to see the same old friendly faces roaming 'round A That sunset sky still up in flames G At a district high school baseball game D A And the grass is blue and the river's running brown Outro: Bm A G And I hope and pray they lay my body down D D In a smokestack town G G Smokestack town