Small Town
John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp
Scarecrow
1985

I heard this tune on the radio about two years ago and decided that
it would be a good tune to put up.  Well, I finally got around to it.
I hope you can use it, jam on it, and solo over it.

Lyrics
Chords

INTRO (play 2x):
this riff is also used during the verse

   G       D     C2            D       G       D     C2
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----3---2-2-2-0-|-----0-----2-2-2-|-----3---2-2-2-0-|-----0-----2-2-2-|
B:-----3---3-3-3-3-|-----3-----3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3-3-|-----3-----3-3-3-|
G:-----0---2-0-x-0-|-----0-----2-2-2-|-----0---2-0-x-0-|-----0-----2-2-2-|
D:-0---0---0---4-2-|-----2-----0-0-0-|-0---0---0---4-2-|-----2-----0-0-0-|
A:-2-------------3-|-----3-----------|-2-------------3-|-----3-----------|
E:-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|

LYRICS:

play intro

verse uses intro riff
G             D         C2          D
   Well I was born in a small town
G        D         C2          D
   And I live in a small town
G          D        C2
   Prob'ly die in a small town
         Am           D7
Oh those small communities


All my friends are so small town
My parents live in the same small town
My job is so small town
Provides little opportunity

play intro tab 2x


Educated in a small town
Taught to fear Jesus in a small town
Used to daydream in that small town
Another boring romantic that's me


But I've seen it all in a small town
Had myself a ball in a small town
Married an L.A. doll and brought her to this small town
          Am                    D
Now she's small town just like me

D(sus4)

BRIDGE
     C         G                C              G
No I cannot forget from where it is that I come from
     C             G            D(sus4)
I cannot forget the people who love me
           C    G           C               G
Yeah I can be myself here in this small town
    C             G                D(sus4)
And people let me be just what I want to be

play intro tab 2x
Ooooooh ma ma ma yeah
Oooh yeah yeah

GUITAR SOLO
|	|	|	|
Em		G     C G    G G/F#
Em		G     D
Em		G     C G
D

play intro chords ad-lib


Got nothing against a big town
Still hayseed enough to say "look who's in the big town"
But my bed is in a small town
Oh that's good enough for me


Well I was born in a small town
And I can breathe in a small town
Gonna die in this small town
And that's prob'ly where they'll bury me

Hey
play intro tab and repeat with ad-lib vocal
end on C2


CHORDS:

C2	x32030
Dsus4	xx0233
D7	xx0212

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.