Bm
[Verse 1]
BmF#m
It's nothing that you did, you gotta understand
GAD
You're taking it too fast, it's going way too fast
BmG
It's nothing that you did, it's not the color of your skin
DA
The one thing you should know, you gotta take it slow
GABm
What they call the shifting of the sands I see as your demands
G
When you change you can't ignore
D
What things are and were before
[Chorus 1]
GAD
My family has been here for generations
GAD
And now I have two children of my own
CBmCBm
And I knew that I would stay here, always knew I'd stay here
A
It's not a new world that you found
G
It's just a little town
[Verse 2]
BmF#m
Everybody knows who was born and raised here
GAD
The mayor is my friend, I've known him all my life
BmG
Each year he and I plan the Fourth of July
DA
So why'd he ask you too? You, especially you?
GABm
He said this town, for all its pride, it's been dying from inside
G
And we've got to find our way
D
We'll start with Independence Day
[Chorus 2]
GAD
And as the fireworks came up above the mountain
GABm
I saw you put your hand up to your heart
CBmCBm
And I saw the mayor watching, knew my kids were watching
A
Hope that I would come around
G
Big parade, little town
[Bridge]
GABmF#m
Now the months come after months and every Fourth of July
GABmF#m
We help our children putting all the flags on the line
GABmF#m
Up and down the Main Street, every country that we're from
CBm
Like the mayor always wanted
CBmA
He's been gone for seven years now
[Verse 3]
DBmF#m
It's quiet by the lake, walking with our dogs
GAD
How long has it been, oh it's been a long time now
BmG
We talk about this town, you're the mayor of it now
DA
They're all moving here, everyone comes here
GA
We like to say we don't get out that much
Bm
'Cause the whole world comes to us
GD
We can't blame them now, we say, we are just a little great
GA
And you know that I'm not proud
Bm
Those things I dared to say out loud
GD
But you wave it all away, my friend, you wave it all away
[Chorus 3]
GAD
But my kids, they went off in all directions
GABm
And I know it's thanks to you they have returned
CBmCBm
They have all this understanding, all this understanding
A
They have been the world around
G
And they came back to our little town
[Outro]
BmF#mGAD