Lori McKenna - Giving up on your hometown

Well, I ^Gdon't know where the cool kids hang on ^AmFriday night Used to ^Gpark our parent's car by the ^Ambillboard sign They ^Ctore it down years ago to build a ^Gsmall high-rise It's a^Cbandoned now and it's been that way for ^Emquite some ^Dtime

It ^Gdon't make sense, but the cheap motel is ^Amalways open Seems ^Glike we're sitting in a hand-basket, wondering ^Amwhere it's going There's a ^Cfreshwater shark in a small fish tank be^Ghind the counter ^CDoor's always locked and you gotta pre-pay in ^Emcash by the ^Dhour

The ^Csunsets still look the way they ^Emalways ^Ddo ^COver the backyard trees my ^Emgrandma used to ^Dsit under in the ^Cafternoon And you can't keep everything the ^Emway you ^Dwant it ^AmFeels like even the ghosts are getting ^Cout Giving up on your home^Gtown ^{Am G Am}

Every ^Gsingle Sunday, 10am, we were ^Amin that pew I was ^Gmarried there and baptized there and my ^Amkids were too My ^Cmother sang in the women's choir be^Gfore she died And the ^Cday they sold that church even the ^Emstatue of Mother Mary cried ^D

The ^Csunsets still look the way they ^Emalways ^Ddo ^COver the backyard trees my ^Emgrandma used to ^Dsit under in the ^Cafternoon And you can't keep everything the ^Emway you ^Dwant it ^AmFeels like even the ghosts are getting ^Cout Giving up on your home^Gtown ^Am Giving up on your home^Gtown ^Am

And ^Cevery kid that's left, just kept ^Amgoing And ^Gevery debt we didn't pay, we ^Djust keep owing Never ^Gvisit your daddy's grave, but we go ^Amby the house He'd be ^Gworking on a car in the driveway if he was ^Amwith us now And that ^Cporch swing you built for your mama, is ^Gall but gone I guess ^Ceven when you stay right here, some^Emtimes you can't go^G home ^D

Giving up on your home^Gtown ^Am Giving up on your home^Gtown ^Am Giving up on your home^Gtown ^{Am G Am}