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Damn, I used to love this view, sit here and drink a few: Main Street and the high school
lit up on Fri day night.
Down there it’s an oth er touch down.
Man, this year’s team is stout.
I can hear ’em go in’ cra zy; and up here, so am I.
Think a bout you sit tin’ there say in’, “I (F)hate this, I hate it.” If you could n’t stand liv in’ here, why’d you (F)take it, (G)take it?
(C)Give
me
back
my
home town.
’Cause this is my
home town.
All the col ors of my youth, the red, the green, the hope, the truth, are beat in’ me black and blue ’cause you’re in ev ’ry scene.
My friends try to cheer me up.
I get to geth er at the Piz za Hut.
I did n’t have the heart to tell ’em that was our place.
These sleep y street lights on ev ’ry (F)side walk, side street, they shed a light on ev ’ry (F)thing that (G)used to be.
(C)Give
me
back
my
home town.
’Cause this is my
home town.
(Am)Yeah,
yeah,
oh, oh, oh, oh, (C)yeah,
(F)yeah.
la (Am)ooh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, (C)yeah,
(F)yeah.
You can have my grand ma’s lock et, the knife out of my grand pa’s pock et, yeah, my state cham pi on jack et.
I don’t care.
You can have it: ev ’ry made mem o ry, ev ’ry pic ture, ev ’ry bro ken dream, yeah, ev ’ry (F)thing, ev ’ry thing, ev ’ry thing.
(C)Give
me
back
my
home town.
’Cause this is my
home town.
(Am)Yeah, yeah,
oh, oh, oh, oh, (C)yeah, (F)yeah,
la (Am)ooh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, (C)yeah, (F)yeah.
(Am)Yeah, yeah,
oh, oh, oh, oh, (C)yeah, (F)yeah,
la (G)ooh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, (Am)yeah, yeah.
La (G)ooh,
la (Dm7)ooh,
la (F)ooh,
la (Am)ooh,
la (C)ooh.
This page shows “Give Me Back My Hometown” by Eric Church in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.