Death to my hometown
D - G
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G (2x)
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D D A
G
1. Oh, no cannonball did fly, no rifles cut us down,
D G D D A G
no
bombs fell from the sky, no blood soaked the ground.
D G D D A G
No powder flash blinded the
eye, no deathly thunder sound,
D G D
but
just as sure as the hand of God,
D A
G
they
brought death to my hometown,
D A G
they
brought death to my hometown, boys.
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- G - D - D - G - D - D - A - G
D G D D A G
2. No shells ripped the evening sky, no cities burning down,
D G D
no
armies stormed the shores for which we'd die,
D A G
no
dictators were crowned.
D G D D A G
I awoke from a quiet night, I never heard a sound,
D G D
marauders
raided in the dark,
D
A G
and
brought death to my hometown, boys,
D A G
death
to my hometown.
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- G - D - D - G - D - D - A - G (2x) + D - A - G
G D
+ They destroyed our
families' factories and they took our homes,
G D A
they
left our bodies on the plains, the vultures picked our bones.
D G
D D A
G
3. So listen up, my sonny boy, be ready for when they come,
D G D
D A
G
for
they'll be returning sure as the rising sun.
D G D D A G
Now get yourself a song to
sing and sing it 'til you're done.
G
D G D
Yeah, sing it hard and sing it
well,
G D G
D
send
the robber barons straight to hell,
G
D G D
the
greedy thieves who came around,
G D
G
D
and
ate the flesh of everything they found,
G D G D
Whose crimes have gone
unpunished now,
G D
G D - G
who
walk the streets as free men now.
G D
A
G
Ah, they brought death to our
hometown, boys,
D A G
death
to our hometown, boys,
D A
G
death
to our hometown, boys,
D A
G
death
to our hometown, whoa !
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- G - D - D - G - D - D - A - G (3x)
+ D - A - G - D - A - G
(orig. = capo 1st; live = capo 3rd) (Bruce
Springsteen)