Tar And Cement

F                                  
The town I came from was quiet and 
C
small
C                                 
we played in the meadows where the
               F
 grass grew so tall
F                             
in summer the lilacs would grow 
       C
everywhere
C                                 
the laughter of children would 
          F
float in the air

[Verse 2]
F                        C
As I grew older I had to roam
C                               F
far from my family, far from my home
F                                 
into the city, where lives can be 
C
spent
C                            
lost in the shadows of tar and 
    F
cement.
F                             C
In to the city where I had my eye
C                                 
on all the pleasures that money 
  F
can buy

[Chorus]
F         Dm
Yet I can see it all so clearly now
Dm          F
still goin' o-o-o-on
F          Dm
Yes, I can see it oh so clearly now
Dm          F
still goin' o-o-o-on

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[Verse 3]
F                                 
Each day I'd wake up and look at 
   C
the sky
C                                 
I think of the meadows where I 
     F
used to lie
F                             C
then I'd remember all that is gone
C                                 
you're in the city, you better 
  F
push on
F                                 
get what you came for, before it's
     C
 too late
C                                 
get what you came for, the meadows
     F
 can wait.

[Chorus]
F        Dm
So every night I'd sit alone and 
learn
Dm              F
what loneliness me-e-e-eant
F        Dm
up in my rented room above a world
Dm           F
of tar and ceme-e-e-ent.

[Verse 4]
F                          C
Many years later, tired at last
C                                
I headed for home to look for my 
F
past
F                             
I looked for the meadows, there 
           C
wasn't a trace
C                                 
six lanes of highway had taken 
   F
their place
F                                 
where were the lilacs and all that
      C
 they meant
C                              F
nothing but acres of tar and cement.


[Chorus]
F         Dm
Yet I can see it all so clearly now
Dm                  F
'Though all of it's go-o-one?
F         Dm
Yes I can see it all so clearly now
Dm           F
where has it go-o-one?
F                       Dm
Where are the meadows? (tar and 
cement)
F                      Dm
Where are the lilacs? (tar and 
cement)
F                          Dm
The laughter of children? (tar and 
cement)
F                  Dm
Nothing but acres (tar and cement)
F                         Dm
where is the tall grass? (tar and 
cement)