Misc Unsigned Bands - Verdelle smith - tar and cement

^AThe town I came from was quiet and ^Esmall.. we played in the meadows where the grass grew so ^Atall. ^AIn summer the lilacs would ^Gbmgrow every^Ewhere.. ^Ethe laughter of children would float in the ^Aair. ^AAs I grew older I had to ^Eroam..far from my family, far from my ^Ahome. ^AInto the city, where lives can be ^Espent..lost in the shadows of tar and ^Acement.

^AAnd every ^Gbmnight I'd sit alone and learn what loneliness ^Ameant..up in my ^Gbmrented ^Dbroom ^Gbmabove the world of tar and ^Acement.

^AEach day I'd wake up and look at the ^Esky..^Bmthink of the meadows where ^EI used to ^Alie. ^AThen I'd remember all of that's ^Egone..you're in the city, you better push ^Aon. ^AGet what you came for, before it's too ^Elate..get what you came for, the meadows can ^Await.

^AAnd every ^Gbmnight I'd sit alone and learn what loneliness ^Ameant..up in my ^Gbmrented ^Dbroom ^Gbmabove the world of tar and ^Acement.

^AMany years later, tired at ^Elast, I headed for home to look for my ^Apast. ^AI looked for the meadows, there wasn't a ^Etrace..six lanes of highway had taken their ^Aplace. Where were the lilacs and all that they ^Emeant..nothing but acres of tar and ^Acement.

Yet, I can ^Gbmsee it there so clearly, now..where has it ^Agone? ^AYes, I can ^Gbmsee it there so clearly, now, where has it ^Agone?^{E Gbm}

^AWhere are the meadows? (^Gbmtar and cement) ^Awhere are the lilacs? (^Gbmtar and cement) ^AAnd where is the tall grass? (^Gbmtar and cement) The ^Alaughter of children? (^Gbmtar and cement) ^ANothing but acres (^Gbmtar and cement)..^Aacres and acres.. (^Gbmtar and cement) (Fade.)