My Home Town

  C             Am      Dm7      
I really have a yen, to go back 
     G7
once again
     C                  Am        
Back to the place where no-one 
     Dm7   G7
wears a frown
            F                B7   
To see once more those super 
              C
special just plain folks
   D7 G7   C    / C#dim /  Dm7 / G7
In my home town
  C             Am      Dm7      
No fellow could ignore, that 
     G7
little girl next door
     C                  Am        
She sure looked sweet in her first
     Dm7   G7
 evening gown
            F                B7   
Now there's a charge for what she 
              C
used to give for free
   D7 G7   C    / C#dim /  Dm7 / G7
In my home town

Refrain 1:
C   C7     F7
I remember Dan, the druggist on the 
corner
       C7                          
He was never mean or ornery, he was
 C
 swell
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              F7               
He killed his mother-in-law and 
                     Am
ground her up real well
    C                A+       D7 
And sprinkled just a bit over 
         G7
each banana split

Verse 2:
  C             Am      Dm7      
The guy that taught us math, who 
     G7
never took a bath
     C                  Am        
Acquired a certain measure of 
     Dm7   G7
renown
            F                B7   
And after school he sold the most 
              C
amazing pictures
   D7 G7   C    / C#dim /  Dm7 / G7
In my home town
  C             Am      Dm7      
That fellow was no fool, who 
     G7
taught us Sunday School
     C                  Am        
And neither was our kindly Parson 
     Dm7   G7
Brown
            F                B7   
[line omitted to avoid prosecution
              C
 under Communications Decency Act]
   D7 G7   C    / C#dim /  Dm7 / G7
In my home town

Refrain 2:
C   C7     F7
I remember Sam, he was the village 
idiot
       C7                          
Although it seems a pity it was so
 C

              F7                   
He loved to burn down houses just 
                 Am
to watch the glow
    C                A+       D7 
And nothing could be done, 
         G7
because he was the Mayor's son

  C             Am      Dm7 
The guy that took a knife, and 
          G7
monogrammed his wife
     C                  Am     
Then dropped her in the pond and 
        Dm7   G7
watched her drown
            F                B7   
Oh, yes, indeed, the people there 
              C
are just plain folks
   D7 G7   C    / C#dim /  Dm7 / G
In my home town