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# From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip C. Saunders) Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:39:34 EST Subject: joe_jackson/home.town.crd Joe Jackson, "Home Town" from Big World transcribed by phillip@princeton.edu
DOf Aall the Bmstupid F#mthings I Gcould have Dthought Athis was the worst DI Astarted Bmto beF#mlieve that GI was Dborn at Aseventeen DAnd Aall the Bmstupid F#mthings, the Gletters Dand the Abroken verse DStayed Ahidden Bmat the F#mbottom Gof the Ddrawer, they'd Aalways been DAnd Anow I Bmplough through F#mfiles of Gbills recDeipts and Acredit cards Dand Atickets Bmand the F#mdaily Gnews and sometimes I just Awanna go back to my
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DHome F#mTown, though I Gknow it'll never be the Asame Back to my Dhome F#mtown, 'cause it's Gbeen so long, A F#m (''') and I'm wondering if it's still there.
We think we're pretty smart, us city slickers get around And when the goping's rough we kill the pain and relocate We're never married, never faithful not to any town But we never leave the past behind it just accumulates So sometimes when the music stops I seem to hear a distant sound Of waves and seagulls, football crowds and churchbells Chorus Chorus