Smokestack Town
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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
How to play Smokestack Town
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