Carrie Newcomer - Just like downtown

I grew ^Fup on an ^Cisland, some^Gwhere near Chi^Ccago Learned ^Fhow to talk ^Ctough, ^Gjust like down^Amtown You can ^Fdrive to the lake^C and it ^Gsure seemed to ^Cme That it ^Fsmelled like fresh ^Cwater, but ^Gfelt like the ^Amsea

^FThat's ^Cright, it's ^Gso long ^Amnow You ^Fcannot fig^Cht this thing ^Gany old ho^Amw You can ^Frun ^Cfast, you ^Gcan try so ^Amhard But you ^Fcan't shake the ^Cache or the ^Glake of ^Amwho you ^Fare ^{C G Am}

There was ^Fnothing to do^C but to ^Gshut up and dri^Cve To the ^Fwater, down the ^Cback roads, to the ^Gsouth and east ^Amsides Some ^Fgirls got through ^Chigh school, ^Gsome never ^Cwill And some ^Fwalked with a ^Chunger they ^Gnever would ^Amfill

^FThat's ^Cright, it's ^Gso long ^Amnow You ^Fcannot fig^Cht this thing ^Gany old ho^Amw You can ^Frun ^Cfast, you ^Gcan try so ^Amhard But you ^Fcan't shake the ^Cache or the ^Glake of ^Amwho you ^Fare ^{C G Am}

But you can ^Fcough out the ci^Cty, you could ^Gchange your old ^Cclothes You can ^Fsoften your ^Caccent so ^Gnobody knows^Am But when^Fever I'm ^Chonest, ^Gsomething in m^Ce Still ^Flooks for fresh ^Cwater that feels^G like ^Amthe sea

^FThat's ^Cright, it's ^Gso long ^Amnow You ^Fcannot fig^Cht this thing ^Gany old ho^Amw You can ^Frun ^Cfast, you ^Gcan try so ^Amhard But you ^Fcan't shake the ^Cache or the ^Glake of ^Amwho you ^Fare

I close ^G/Bmy ^Ceyes ^{F C} And I can ^Gstill see That ^Amno ^G/Bone fo^Crgets ^{F C} What it's like to be^G and who it is to be

Oh, if you ^Fsee me in^Cclining when ^Gno one is spe^Caking If you ^Fsense that I'm ^Cwandering some^Gwhere in my ^Ammind If you ^Flisten real ^Cclose you ^Gmight hear the ^Cwhisper Or se^Fe how the ^Csunsets on the ^Glake could shine and^Am shine

^FThat's ^Cright, it's ^Gso long ^Amnow You ^Fcannot fig^Cht this thing ^Gany old ho^Amw You can ^Frun ^Cfast, you ^Gcan try so ^Amhard But you ^Fcan't shake the ^Cache or the ^Glake of ^Amwho^F__^C__^G__^Am__ you ^Fare ^{C G Am}

I grew ^Fup on an ^Cisland, some^Gwhere near Chi^Ccago Learned ^Fhow to talk ^Ctough, ^Gjust like down^Amtown