Small Town Tab par John Cougar Mellencamp

intro -G D C   D x4

  VERSE 1
G           D          C          D
 Well I was born in a small town
G       D       C            D
 And I live in a small town
G       D        Em
 Probly die in a small town
            Am            D
 Oh, those small communities

 VERSE 2
G       D              C          D
 All my friends are so small town
G            D          C               D
 My parents live in the same small town
G   D         Em
 My job is so small town
           Am              D
 Provides little opportunity

 G D C   D x2

 VERSE 3
G         D    C           D
 Educated in a small town
G                    D          C           D
 Taught the fear of jesus in a small town
G           D      Em
 Used to daydream in that small town
  Am                            D
 Another boring romantic thats me


VERSE 4
          G       D        C           D
 But Ive seen it all in a small town
G             D         C             D
 Had myself a ball in a small town
G           D                         Em
 Married an l.a. doll and brought her to this small town
           Am                   G
 Now shes small town just like me

 BRIDGE
      C       G              C               G
 No I cannot forget where it is that I come from
      C               G          D
 I cannot forget the people who love me
             C    G         C             G
 Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town
     C             G               D
 And people let me be just what I want to be

 G D C   D x2

 Am |Am G|C |G
 Am |Am G|C |G
 Am |Am G|C |G
 G   G

 lighty finger picker for 2 bars
 C

 VERSE 5 (lightly strumming)
G            D         C          D
 Got nothing against a big town
G                D            C                          D
 Still hayseed enough to say look whos in the big town
G       D           Em
 But my bed is in a small town
               Am               D
 Oh, and thats good enough for me

 VERSE 6
G           D         C              D
 Well I was born in a small town
G          D            C            D
 And I can breathe in a small town
G      D           Em
 Gonna die in this small town
           Am                        D
 And thats probly where theyll bury me