INTRO: C  G     F   Dm7   C 

N.C.                         C
It's closing time tonight in Harlan
                            G
Set the alarm, turn out the lights
                      F
Not a soul out on the sidewalk
                      C
As she steps into the night



Across the parking lot she fumbles
                       G
In her handbag for the keys
                     F
Another long day of “Thank you's"
                                    G
"Yes, ma'am's” and “May I help you, please”


                              F
Sure didn't turn out like she planned
                           C
She thought she'd be a star by now
                  G
Dodging paparazzi cameras
                              C
But she's in Harlan still somehow


                             F
What happened to the leading lady
                     C
Living her life upon the stage
                         G       F
Still only working as an extra
                              C
In a film called “Hometown, USA”


INTERLUDE: C  G     F   Dm7   C 

N.C.                           C
Now somewhere south of town on 40
                                  G
A Greyhound bus rolls through the night
                     F
Staring out a greasy window
                           C
He keeps searching for the lights



No choice but head back home to Harlan
                          G
When foreclosure shut him down
                          F
And after all that he had worked for
                                      G
Just to end up right back in your hometown


                               F
What happened to the “Ride 'em cowboy”
                      C
Living his life out on the range
                        G
He's just another hired hand now
                              C
In a film called “Hometown, USA”


INSTRUMENTAL: C   F     C     G   F   C   D


                **Key Change - Up 2 Semitones**


N.C.                              D
Now they don't know their fate is turning
                               A
They're drifting closer in the dark
                         G
And as he steps in for a quick one
                      A
She's already at the bar


                               G
Tonight her lines will come so natural
                              D
And he'll tell tales of trails he rode
                                 A
They'll fall in love beneath the neon
                                D
Tonight they're gonna steal the show



                               G
Sure didn't turn out like they planned
                           D
But they've found their own true way
                                 A
It's not the big break that they dreamed of
                               Bm
But you know they're gonna be okay
                          A         G
It's not a bad part after all now
                              D
In a film called “Hometown, USA”