xMy Little Town
Words & music by Paul Simon 1975
[Intro]
|E |B/D# |C#m | |
|E |B/D# |C#m | |
|E |B/D# |C#m | |
[ Verse 1 ]
E
In my little town
Em |Em7/A A7 |
I grew up believ--ing
D |Bm |Am | |
God keeps His eye on us all
F |C |
And He used to lean upon me
C+ |E7 |A |
As I pledged allegiance to the wall
Bm |E
Lord I recall
|A |
My little town
[Verse 2]
A/G# |F#m |
Coming home after school
Am6 |D9
Flying my bike past the gates
|G |E7 |F |
Of the factories
Bb |F |
My mom doing the laundry
F+ |A
Hanging our shirts
|D | |
In the dirty breeze
[Verse 3]
|G
And after it rains
|
There's a rainbow
| |D
And all of the colors are black
|Em |D
It's not that the colors aren't there
| |G |Dmaj7 |E |
It's just imagin-ation they lack
|Em7
Everything's the same
|A |D |G |D |G |
Back in my little town
|Bm |Bm/A |A | |
|D |G |D |G |
[Chorus]
D |C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
|Bm | |
Back in my little town
D |C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
|Bm | | |
Back in my little town
A |F#m |
In my little town
[Verse 4]
Am6 |D9
I never meant nothin'
|G |E7 |F |
I was just my fathers son
Bb |F |
Saving my money
Bb |F |
Dreaming of glory
Bb |F
Twitching like a finger
|F+ A |D | |
On the trigger of a gun
|D |C#m7-5
Leaving nothing but the dead and dying
|Bm | |
Back in my little town
[Outro]
D |C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
F# |Bm | |
Back in my little town
D |C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
|F# |Bm | | |
Back in my little town
D |C#m7-5
Nothing but the dead and dying
|F# |Bm | | |
Back in my little town
