Cant Take My Hometown
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[Chorus]
Em
You can't take my home town
A D
The way of life, never slows down
G Bm
Whip-poor-will singing the song of the south
A D G
And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
Bm A
Now it might not look like much
D G
But this old place is still home to us
Bm A
And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
D
So you can change the world, but I'm gonna tell ya now
G Bm A
You can't take my home town, yeah
[Instrumental]
D G Bm A
[Verse]
D G Bm A
Uh, yeah, yeah, Jones County born and raised, I was k through 12
D G
My friends and teachers all loved me, but at home I was hell
Bm A
Me and my brothers know we did it, staying up to 12
D G
But we was just trying to live and entertain ourselves
Bm A
Where does the time go hiding, cause I ain't found it yet
D G
As I'm passing handy andy, where mom and daddy met
Bm A
Eery which way I turn I'm seeing special memories
D G
All of the places and people and what they meant to me
Bm A
See I was planted with a purpose is what I believe
D G
So no matter the wins and losses I could never leave
Bm A
I wish as a little kid, I knew what I know now
D G
That there is no place on earth that's better than my home town
[Chorus]
Bm
You can't take my home town
A D
The way of life, never slows down
G Bm
Whip-poor-will singing the song of the south
A D G
And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
Bm A
Now it might not look like much
D G
But this old place is still home to us
Bm A
And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
D
So you can change the world, but I'm gonna tell ya now
G Bm A
You can't take my home town, yeah
[Instrumental]
D G Bm A D G
[Verse]
Bm A
63 scout with the rooftop missing
D G
Pull up to pachecho with my 15's kicking
Bm A
Smoking dirt weed, we were rolling dirt roads
D G
We were all dirt broke, shooting bb's at the crows
Bm A
Town and country groceries, I miss my mom and pops
D G
Got my first fade at glady's barber shop
Bm A
Broken bottles by the stop sign, they painted all the walls
D G
There might be cracks on the sidewalk but our flag stands tall
Bm A
Blacktop and burnouts, and steven in my chevy
D G
Leaving rubber on 11th, bud lights in his yeti, whoa
Bm A
This whole town, is my home town
D G
And if you try to take it, we'll be throwing down
Bm A
Cause of shane on the deere man, he's been running overtime
D G
We've been drinking this clear that was made from this clementine
Bm A
Eating lamb stew, at Wooley's with the crew
D G
Reminiscing about a town that we knew before it grew
[Chorus]
Bm
You can't take my home town
A D
The way of life, never slows down
G Bm
Whip-poor-will singing the song of the south
A D G
And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
Bm A
Now it might not look like much
D G
But this old place is still home to us
Bm A
And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
D
So you can change the world, but I'm gonna tell ya now
G Bm A
You can't take my home town, yeah
[Instrumental]
D G Bm A D G
[Verse]
Bm A D G
Our church bells will sing out a tune out every single day
Bm A D G
And ol' ty is about to lift them wheels out, got another feild to spray
Bm A
And those farmers like to stay out at the donut shop
D G
And love to talk about their hay
Bm A D G
And we all stand so damn tall when the stars and stripes are raised
Bm A D G
And come friday night under the lights down at loftin stadium
Bm A
We're on our feet, you know we can't be beat
D G
And when we watch them tigers run (we watch them run)
[Chorus]
Bm
You can't take my home town
A D
The way of life, never slows down
G Bm
Whip-poor-will singing the song of the south
A D G
And the moonlight lost in the glow of a backwoods bonfire
Bm A
Now it might not look like much
D G
But this old place is still home to us
Bm A
And my daddy's roots are still in this ground
D
So you can change the world, but I'm gonna tell ya now
G Bm
You can't take my home town
[Outro]
A D G
Oh, my home town it's home to me I'll be here for enernity
Bm A
It's my home town, the wild and free
D G Bm A D
The one thing you can't take away from me, is my home town, yeah
G Bm A D G
You can't take my home town, yeah
How to play Cant Take My Hometown
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