Darrell Scott - East of gary

^GI grew up on the ^EmIndiana side of ^CChicago ^AmWith the rusty steel mills ^C/Gbelching in the westward ^Emwind ^GI watched Mom and Dad ^Emtrying to clean their ^Csorrow ^AmWith my brothers and me ^C/Gat old Lake ^EmMichigan

There's a little ^Dboy He's got big brown ^Emeyes He's got swimming ^Dtrunks ‘bout twice his ^Asize Looking at a steel mill ^Dsunset Skipping a ^Emstone, ^C"hey, a^C/Ein't you^Am a little ^Gyoung to ^Dfeel so alone?"

^GWell they changed the ^Emname of my hometown When we ^Cmoved away ^AmNow it's more than ^C/Gwords that I don't ^Emrecognize ^GThat kid down at the filling ^Emstation tried to keep my change from a ^Ctwenty ^AmI could see that cold ^C/Gassurance in his ^Emeyes

Hey you need ten ^Ddollars for the rainy ^Emday? Save and go to ^Dcollege or just get ^Aaway Or you could spend that ^Dmoney on a two-day ^Emstone Oh,^C there ^C/Eare worse ^Amthings in this ^Gworld than ^Dbeing alone let me tell you now...

So, if you're ^Gdriving from ^EmChicago, east of ^CGary And you ^Amfind a fallen ^C/Gtown that has two ^Emnames ^GThere'll be no one to ^Empossibly remember ^C A ^Amlittle lonesome brown-eyed ^C/Gboy who went by ^EmJames

Oh the mill's shut ^Ddown But the air's still ^Emsour You get a hotel ^Droom You gotta pay by the ^Ahour Oh the good old ^Ddays are just good and ^Emgone ^CLike autumn^C/E leave^Ams on a^G burning ^Dlawn

^GI grew up on the ^EmIndiana side of ^CChicago ^AmWith the rusty steel mills ^C/Gbelching in the westward ^Emwind