Intro: G Am G Am
verse 1
G Am
Well, I don't know where the cool kids hang on Friday night
G Am
Used to park our parent's car by the billboard sign
C G
They tore it down years ago to build a small high-rise
C Em D
It's abandoned now and it's been that way for quite some time
verse 2
G Am
It don't make sense, but the cheap motel is always open
G Am
Seems like we're sitting in a hand-basket, wondering where it's going
C G
There's a freshwater shark in a small fish tank behind the counter
C Em D
Door's always locked and you gotta pre-pay in cash by the hour
C Em D
The sunsets still look the way they always do
C Em D C
Over the backyard trees my grandma used to sit under in the afternoon
Em D
And you can't keep everything the way you want it
Am C
Feels like even the ghosts are getting out
G Am G Am
Giving up on your hometown
verse 3
G Am
Every single Sunday, 10am, we were in that pew
G Am
I was married there and baptized there and my kids were too
C G
My mother sang in the women's choir before she died
C Em D
And the day they sold that church even the statue of Mother Mary cried
C Em D
The sunsets still look the way they always do
C Em D C
Over the backyard trees my grandma used to sit under in the afternoon
Em D
And you can't keep everything the way you want it
Am C
Feels like even the ghosts are getting out
G Am
Giving up on your hometown
G Am
Giving up on your hometown
Bridge
C Am
And every kid that's left, just kept going
G D
And every debt we didn't pay, we just keep owing
G Am
Never visit your daddy's grave, but we go by the house
G Am
He'd be working on a car in the driveway if he was with us now
C G
And that porch swing you built for your mama, is all but gone
C Em G D
I guess even when you stay right here, sometimes you can't go home
Outro
G Am
Giving up on your hometown
G Am
Giving up on your hometown
G Am G Am
Giving up on your hometown