Small Towns and Big Dreams-
Written and recorded by Paul Brandt
*Note- If you are a more advanced player there is a more difficult way to
play the chorus in this song with the bass note progression, I?ve written it
out below the basic version.
Intro: F C Bb C (x2)
F C
I grew up in a small town
Bb C F
A wheat fields for a downtown kinda place
F C
There was really not much around
Bb C
You blink and you miss it
F C
I never knew what life would bring
Bb C
But I always had big dreams
F C
I loved to play my guitar and sing
Bb C
And every night I?d wish that
Dm C
I?d get a shot on the Opry stage
Bb C
And have people come and see me play
Dm C
Blasting on the radio waves
Bb C
Enough to make my momma cry
Chorus:
F
Cause that?s where I come from
Bb C
That?s who I am
F
Hard workin and God blessed
Bb C
Yes sir and thank you ma?am
Dm C Bb
The best things around that I have ever seen
Gm C F
Came from small towns and big dreams
F C
That small town went and grew up
Bb C
But I never changed much by God?s grace
F C
Friends and family kept in touch
Bb C
When I moved to Tennessee
Dm C
Sing my songs, travel round
Bb C
I met a girl and we?re settling down
Dm C
We wanna find a small town
Bb C
Where we can raise a family
CHORUS
Bb
I been around the world
Don?t matter anywhere I go
C
Even here in Fort McMurray
I found my kinda folks
Gm F
It?s about you and who you are
Bb
It?s all a state of mind
Gm F
And as I?m giving you my heart
C
I hope you find
CHORUS
Chorus (advanced): For the {F Gm A Bb} progression use power chords (E-form
bar chords strumming only bottom two strings)
F Gm A
Cause that?s where I come from
Bb C
That?s who I am
F Gm
Hard workin and God blessed
A Bb C
Yes sir and thank you ma?am
Dm C Bb
The best things around that I have ever seen
Gm A Bb C F Gm A Bb C
Came from small towns and big dreams