John Cougar Mellencamp – Small Town chords

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Small Town chords
John Cougar Mellencamp

C G F  G x4 *

      C     G         F         GWell, I was born in a small town,
C     G         F         Gand I live in a small town
C        G        AmProbably die in a small town;
         Dm           GOh those small communities

C      G              F         GAll my friends are so small town
C          G           F              GMy parents live in the same small town
C  G         AmMy job is so small town,
         Dm              Gprovides little opportunity

C G F  G x2

C        G    F         GEducated in a small town;
C                  G          F         Gtaught the fear of Jesus in a small town
C          G     AmUsed to daydream in that small town;
 Dm                             Ganother boring romantic, that's me

         C       G        F         GBut I've seen it all in a small town;
C            G         F         Ghad myself a ball in a small town
C           G                        AmMarried an L.A. doll and brought her to this small town;
          Dm                   Gnow she's small town just like me

     F         C                 F              CNo I cannot forget from where it is that I come from,
     F              C          GI cannot forget the people who love me
            F    C         F             CYeah, I can be myself here in this small town,
    F             C              Gand people let me be just what I wanna be

C G F  G x2

Am  G/C F/C  
Am  G/C G   
Am  G/C F/C  
G 

C

C            G        F       GGot nothing against a big town;
C              G            F                         Gstill hayseed enough to say look who's in the big town?
C      G           AmBut my bed is in a small town;
               Dm              GOh, and that's good enough for me

     C     G         F         GWell I was born in a small town,
C         G            F         Gand I can breathe in a small town
C     G           AmGonna die in this small town;
           Dm                          Gand that's probably where they'll bury me

C G F  G x3

C G F

* Alternate:

C  = A
G  = E
F  = D
Am = F#m
Dm = Bm

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