Hometown

Intro N.C. So I'm playin' the drums, right? Okay [Verso 1] D G Em Davie died in the summertime in a hotboxed car D G Em With a seatbelt 'round his neck and a needle in his arm D G Em We'd smoke out in the parkin' lot behind convenient shops D G Em A bought a couple of grams of weed off him, but so did all the cops D G Em Back then, the kids from other county, we would walk out in the heat D G Em 'Long the train tracks with our paper bags, and gravel in our feet D G Em In our heads, we picked the husband from the hundred men we knew D G Em But I kissed a poster of a pop star and checked my breasts in cas they grew [Refrão] D G Em Ther ain't a reason on this earth I'd go back to my hometown D G Em Somewhere in the clouds, Davie's runnin' for a touchdown D G Em The crowd appears and his mother cheers, she's wavin' from the field D G Em And he's evergreen as seventeen for the last eleven years [Pré-Refrão] D G Em Ooh-ooh, ah D G Em Ooh-ooh, ah [Verso 2] D G Em No, I never felt like anyone, I was a paradoxul lie D G Em I didn't think that I was special, but I was too afraid to die D G Em Like the others from my high school, all those sad suburban ghosts D G Em Trapped in a cross next to a highway, while the rest of us get old [Refrão] D G A There ain't a reason on this earth I'd go back to my hometown D G Em Somewhere in the clouds, Davie's runnin' for a touchdown D G A The crowd appears and his mother cheers, she's wavin' from the field D G Em And he's evergreen as seventeen for the last eleven years [Pós-Refrão] D G Em Ooh-ooh, ah D G Em Ooh-ooh, ah [Ponte] D G Em The American dream means stayin' young forever D G Em And the picture in our pamphlet gettin' yellow from the weather D G Em And years will pass since science class and I might forget your name D G Em But when the crow's feet come, the kingdom come, well, you'll always look the same [Refrão] D G A There ain't a reason on this earth I'd go back to my hometown D G Em Somewhere in the clouds, Davie's runnin' for a touchdown D G A The crowd appears and his mother cheers, she's wavin' from the field D G Em And he's evergreen as seventeen for the last eleven years [Pós-Refrão] D G Em Ooh-ooh, ah (Evergreen as seventeen) D G Em Ooh-ooh, ah (Evergreen as seventeen) D G A Ooh-ooh, ah (Evergreen as seventeen) D G Em Ooh-ooh, ah (Evergreen as seventeen) Outro D G A D G Em