Capo 2
Verse 1:
G
In my hometown, population 25,000
Em C G
All of them head to the drive-in after Friday night's football game
G
That's the same place where mom and dad went for the first date
Em C G
They had the same burger that I just ate, some things never change
D G
That's what made me who I am today, gave me a million songs to play
Em A
So when the radio is on, I just don't understand,
Chorus:
C G
Cause tractors ain't sexy and working is hard
D Em
For small town people like me
C G
The radio is full of them rich folks
D Em
Singing about places they've never seen
Am C/B
I ain't saying that they're life ain't hard
D A7
I'd love to hear about it sometime
C D
But let them sing about their own life
G
And I'll sing about mine
Verse 2:
G
I'm not complaining, runnin' my mouth like an old man
Em C G
Talking about the world that's changing and how its given up on me
G
I'm just saying that down at Nicks on the weekend
Em C G
The small town anthems that they're spinning, they don't sound like the what you see
D G
When you sing about your Wrangler jeans, pick up trucks and Dairy Queens
Em A
They make the place I love sound like a bad cartoon
Chorus:
C G
Cause tractors ain't sexy and working is hard
D Em
For small town people like me
C G
The radio is full of them rich folks
D Em
Singing about places they've never seen
Am C/B
I ain't saying that they're life ain't hard
D A7
I'd love to hear about it sometime
C D
But let them sing about their own life
G
And I'll sing about mine
Bridge:
Em
If you want a song about
Am
A place like my town
C
Take a weekend and come on down
D
It don't a long to see
Chorus:
C G
Cause tractors ain't sexy and working is hard
D Em
For small town people like me
C G
The radio is full of them rich folks
D Em
Singing about places they've never seen
Am C/B
I ain't saying that they're life ain't hard
D A7
I'd love to hear about it sometime
C D
But let them sing about their own life
G
And I'll sing about mine