Hometown
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DmCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse]
Dm Bb
Short cut to a quick buck is working all the time
Renting out your mind
And saving every dime
G
Because when ten of those combine
Bb
They cross a sacred line
G
And go from pocket change
Bb C
To a gold mine
Dm Bb
She said she'd be down to hangout
With her parents out of town she was hoping I'm around
G
For a party at her vacant place
Bb G
I said I'd come; showed up and felt out of place
Bb
So I headed home
G Bb
That's when she text my phone and ask me where
G Bb
I was and when I said I was gone
G
She broke my spine
Bb
And in that pain
G Bb
I realized that every dime I'd ever saved wasn't worth anything
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Am
What's the drive in being alive when you don't know who you are?
C G
What's the fun in getting drunk if you can't take it too far
Dm Am
Yeah my friends are saying I've been wasting all my weekends contemplating
G
If it's me or the booze that really gets wasted
G
I don't even taste it
G
When I'm throwing back shots as if its a race then
G
Quickly chase them
[Chorus]
Dm Am G
Without a mouth I'm so down
F Dm Am G
My hometown only makes me feel alone
F
But just when I
[Verse]
Dm Bb
Hometown girls are my greatest fear
Dm C
So in a couple days I'll be off to college for another year
Bb
Thinkin'
C
I'm gettin' away by hitting the road
Dm C
Somehow she make it to all of my shows now where can I go
D Bb
Girl it's a simple matter
Dm C Bb
Put your painted finger on my tongue
C
So I can taste the lacquer
Dm C G
And relive each door that you have touched
G
And then she split my lips
Bb
And for three whole days
G
I tried to speak but everyone agreed
Bb
They couldn't hear a word I'd say
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Am
What's the drive in being alive when you don't know who you are?
C G
What's the fun in getting drunk if you can't take it too far
G
I'm singing oh I don't know
G
Take me anywhere but home
[Chorus]
Dm Am G
Without a mouth I'm so down
F Dm Am G
But my hometown only makes me feel alone
F Dm Am
Then just when I I I I think I'm in the clear she hook her hair behind her ears and says
G
I'm
Going down
F Dm Am Bb C
She said baby it's okay to feel the way you do if you keep it to yourself
[Bridge]
Bb G
Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips
Dm C
But it sure ain't no fun with no teeth and no tongue
Bb G
Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips
Dm C
But it sure ain't no fun with no teeth and no tongue
Bb G
Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips
Bb G
Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips
Bb G Am
Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips
[Interlude]
Dm Am G G (x2)
[Chorus]
Dm Am G
Without a mouth I'm so down
F Dm Am G
But my hometown only makes me feel alones
F Bb
Then just when I I I I think I'm in the clear
G
She hook her hair behind her ears
Bb
Says babe are you aware
C
Of who I am
[Outro]
D A G G D
How to play Hometown
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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