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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES 

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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date: August 14, 2002
Album:
Written by:
Note: D sounds good play 000202  n.c. means play no chord

                   MY TOWN Montgomery Gentry
D       
There's a 'For Sale' sign on a big ol' rusty tractor
D
You can't miss it it's the first thing that you see
D     
Just up the road a pale blue water tower
D
With I Love Jenny painted in bright green
     Em  
Hey that's my Uncle Bill there by the courthouse
Em             
He'll be lowering the flag with the sun goes down
n.c.                  D       Em               D                     Em
And this is my town (na na na na) Yeah This is my town Hey (na na na na)

CHORUS:
D           Em                  D                    A7    
I was born where I was raised Where I keep all my yesterdays
         D        Em                    D                    A7    
Where I ran off cause I got mad And it came to blows with my old man
D                   Em          D                            A7
Where I came back settled down It's where they're putting me in the ground
   .        D                 Em 
This is my town  (Na na na na na)
              D                   Em   n.c.     D 
Yeah this is my town (Na na na na na)  my town


D
There ain't much going on here ev'r since they closed the mill
D
That whistle still blows every day at noon
D
A bunch of us still go down to the diner
D
Wonder if that interstate's still coming through
        Em
Comes Sunday mroning church at First Christ
Em
There ain't an empty seat to be found
n.c.                 D        Em                 D                 Em 
And this is my town (na na na na)   Yeah this is my town (na na na na)

Go to chorus, to lead

D
I bought and painted up that rusty tractor
D
You can't miss it it's sitting right there in our yard
D
The county came and took that water tower
D
That's Jenny with a baby in the car
         Em 
Aw we're off to Sunday service at the Church Of Christ
Em
And if we want a seat we'd better leave right now
     EM                                                     D        Em
And maybe later me and L.T. will show you  around our town (na na na na)
             D                    Em   
Yeah this is my town (Na na na na na) Yeah 
Go to chorus