Lori McKenna - Buy this town

If I could buy ^Fthis ^Ctown I’d keep it ^Fsmall and ^Crough Full of 3rd ^Fshift ^Cdreamers And ^D7high school love I’d keep the ^Cchurch ^Fof ^CChrist And the ^Fbowling alley ^Copen Where the Bud ^FLight ^Csigns ^D7Crackle while they’re glowing If I should ^Fbuy, buy this ^Ctown ^{F C F C}

If I could buy ^Fone ^Cnight I wouldn’t buy the ^Fone you’d ^Cthink I’d buy the ^Fone where my eyes teared ^Cup By the light a^D7bove the kitchen sink And you ^Cheld ^Fme ^Ctight And you ^Fbegged me not to ^Ccry If I could buy the ^Fsweetness ^Cof one kiss Then ^D7that’s the one I’d buy If ^FI could buy one ^Cnight ^{F C F C}

^GAll the money in the world Couldn’t buy a ^Fdrop of real love, ^Ccould it? And it ^Freally shouldn’t, now, ^Cshould it? If ^D7I could buy the stars, I’d polish ^Fthem so bright_^C_ ^{F C F C}

If I could buy ^Fyour ^Cpain First, I’d ^Fbuy the great big ^Csea And I’d put that ^Fpain in^Cside a box And ^D7bury it so deep If I could ^Cbuy ^Fyou ^Cback The years you ^Fworked yourself to ^Cdeath I would buy and ^Fwaste your ^Csuffering Until there ^D7wasn’t any left If ^FI could buy your ^Cpain ^{F C F C}

^GAll the money in the world Couldn’t buy a ^Fdrop of real love, ^Ccould it? And it ^Freally shouldn’t, now, ^Cshould it? 'Cause I’d ^D7gladly give you every piece of ^Fmy whole heart_^C_ ^{F C F C F C F C}

If I could buy ^Fthis ^Ctown I'd keep the ^FFriday night ^Cbleachers Full of kids falling^F in ^Clove And ^D7unlikely believers And the ^Cfire-^Ffighters are ^Cthere 'Cause ^Ftheir kid’s in the ^Cgame And we don’t ^Fwin too ^Coften But ^D7that ain’t why we came If ^FI could buy this ^Ctown^{F C F C F C F C F C F C}