Greg Brown – Our Little Town chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
                  C                 GNow, the railroad came generations ago
             D7                        GAnd the town grew up, as the crops did grow
                   C                       GAnd the crops grew well, and the town did, too
              D7                          GThey say it's dying now and there ain't a thing we can do

[Chorus 1]
                C                               GI don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio
                D7                  GI see it in the faces of everyone I know
         C                           GThe cost goes up, what we made comes down
             D7                   GWhat's gonna happen to our little town?

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
                     C                         GThe summer's full of thunder, the kids run and play
               D7                              GMama got a new wrinkle, Papa ain't got much to say
            C                 GRust grows along the railroad track
                D7                     GThe young folks leave, they don't come back

[Chorus 2]
                    C                               GAnd I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio
                D7                GI see it in the faces of everyone I know
              C                  GThe boards go up, the signs come down
                 D7                   GAnd what's gonna happen to our little town?

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
             C                 GTom lost his farm, and we lost Tom
               D7                             GHe left in the night, I don't know where he's gone
          C                      GWhat he'd lost, he just couldn't face
           D7                    GWhat we're losing, it can't be replaced

[Chorus 3]
                    C                               GAnd I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio
                D7                  GI see it in the faces of everyone I know
                 C                   GThe reason we're here, is the farms around
                D7                   GSo what's gonna happen to our little town?

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
           C                     GWe've seen hard times many times before
           D7                  GMaybe this whole thing is just one more
             C                          GIt never was perfect, maybe no one's to blame
          D7                            GTo see it die like this, it's a goddamn shame

[Chorus 4]
                    C                               GAnd I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio
                D7                  GI see it in the faces of everyone I know
              C                GThe sun comes up, the sun goes down
                 D7                   GBut what's gonna happen to our little town?

[Outro]
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