G
This a real small town
G
Full of real fine folks
G
Who fell on real hard times
D
 When the boom went broke
C             G
And they work real hard
C             G
And they pray real loud
C                     G
'Cause there's a real big heart
D            G
In this real small town


[Verse 1]
              Em
The cost of living
       C               G
It may shift just like sand
          C             G
But on my grandfather's land
          D
It's been steady as his hand
          Em
I used to hold when
        C                 G
We'd go out and check the cows
           C                  G
And that's where he taught me how
           D
To make my living from the ground
      Am                          C
And I don't intend to let him down


[Chorus]
                  G
This a real small town
        C         G
Full of real fine folks
            C         G
Who fell on real hard times
         Em        D
When the boom went broke
         C         G
And they work real hard
         C         G
And they pray real loud
                 C        G
'Cause there's a real big heart
        D          G
In this real small town


[Verse 2]
         Em
Every Sunday
            C                G
I start the week off gettin' right
         C           G
Get direction for my life
       D
At the downtown church of Christ
            G          Em
Next to the courthouse
           C            G
Where they decorate the grass
     C           G
With fifty-seven flags
        D                  G
For the lives we won't get back
      Am                         C
And I don't intend to forget the past


[Chorus]
                  G
This a real small town
        C         G
Full of real fine folks
            C         G
Who fell on real hard times
         Em        D
When the boom went broke
         C         G
And they work real hard
         C         G
And they pray real loud
                 C        G
'Cause there's a real big heart
        D          G
In this real small town


[Bridge]
  Em                               G
I couldn't paint a picture of this place
              D
In my younger days
        Am           C    Am
Oh, how times change


[Chorus]
                  G
This a real small town
        C         G
Full of real fine folks
            C         G
Who fell on real hard times
         Em        D
When the boom went broke
         C         G
And they work real hard
         C         G
And they pray real loud
                 C        G
'Cause there's a real big heart
        D          Em
In this real small town


[Outro]
                 C        G
'Cause there's a real big heart
        D          G    C  G  D  G
In this real small town