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My Town Tab

by Gentry Montgomery


My Town - Montgomery Gentry
Album: My Town
Writers: Jeffrey Steele/Reed Nielsen

*Note-the stretches of D in the verse and intro you can 
play D or Dsus2 or go back and forth.

Intro:  

Verse 1:
 
There's a for sale sign on a big 'ole rusty tractor

Can't miss it, it's the first thing that you see

Just up the road a pale blue water tower

Says "I love Jenny" painted in bright green

Hey that's my uncle Bill there by the courthouse

He'll be lowering the flag when the sun goes down


Chorus:
                                 
And this is my town,  na na na  na  na
                                                  
Yeah, this is my town,  na na na  na  na
                            
(Hey) Where I was born, where I was raised
                   
Where I keep all my yesterdays
                      
Where I ran off cause I got mad
                         
And it came to blows with my old man
                     
Where I came back to settle down
                        
It's where they'll put me in the ground
                             
This is my town,  na na na  na  na
                                                     
Yeah, this is my town,  na na na  na  na,  my town


Verse 2:
There ain't much going on here since they closed the mill
That whistle still blows everyday at noon
A bunch of us still go down to the diner
Wonder if that interstate's still comin' through
But come Sunday mornin' service at the Church of Christ
Well there ain't an empty seat to be found


REPEAT CHORUS


Instrumental:        (x2)


Verse 3:
Well I bought and painted up that rusty tractor
You can't miss it, it's sitting right there in our yard
The county came and took that water tower
And that's Jenny with a baby in the car
Well we're off to Sunday service at the Church of Christ
And if we want a seat we better leave right now

                            <---(one strum on each of these)
And maybe later, me and ol' T-Roy will show you around


                      
Our town,  na na na  na  na
                                                  
Yeah, this is my town,  na na na  na  na
                            
Yeah, where I was born, where I was raised....
 
(repeat the rest of chorus)


Chords:
   =   x02220
   =   xx0232
=  xx0230
D/F#=   200232 (hold down bottom string with thumb)
  =   022000
   =   320003