Simplified Intro for Guitar (Half Step Down)
G Bm A
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Simplified Intro for Guitar (Standard tuning capo on 4)
D F#m E
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Play 2 times, but 2nd time, just strum the A chord
Chords for half step down: **To play without tuning to half step down, transpose
these chords down 5 and capo 4
G Bm A x2 (Chord intro)
[VERSE]
G D
Yesterday I got a call
A Bm A G A
Someone I didnt know at all had passed away
G D
Mama said, "Yeah you know him
A Bm A
You went to school with both his kids
G
They lived out on Prescott lane"
Em
She said, "You shouldve seen the line
G A
Mrs. Johnson said to tell you 'Hi'"
[Chorus:]
G Bm A
Thank God for hometowns
G Bm A
And all the love that makes you go round
G D A
Thank God for the county lines that welcome you back in
Bm A G
When you were dying to get out
A (F#) G Bm A
Thank God for Church pews
G Bm A
And all the faces that wont forget you
G D A
Cause when you’re lost out in this crazy world
Bm A Em
You got somewhere to go and get found
G Bm A
Thank God for hometowns
Yeah
G Bm A
[VERSE]
Last June my cousin tied the knot,
Didnt know if Id go or not
But Im sure glad I did
It was a pretty good haul but worth the drive
I could feel myself come back to life
The closer that Id get
First red light I rolled the windows down
Breathed it in and took a look around
[Chorus:]
Thank God for hometowns
First kisses and touchdowns
Thank God for the county lines that welcome you back in
When you were dying to get out
Thank God for Church pews
And all the faces that wont forget you
And when youre lost out in this crazy world
You got somewhere to go and get found
D/F# G Bm A G Bm A
Thank God for hometowns
[Bridge:]
Em Bm A
I always find another piece of me
Em G A
Walking down these old familiar streets
[Chorus:]
(Play Intro for these 1st 2 lines, then regular chorus (same as before))
Thank God for hometowns
And all the love that makes them go round
Thank God for the county lines that welcome you back in
When you were dying to get out
Thank God for Church pews
And all the faces that wont forget you
And when youre lost out in this crazy world
You got somewhere to go and get found
[Intro again]
Thank God for hometowns
Thank God for hometowns
End: D/F# to G (slowly go into the last G)