Hometown Girl Chords
Hometown Girl by American Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Bm, A, Daughters and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Bm A (2x)
verse 1
G
I know all the ghosts that walk these streets
G
People die, babies cry, and never leave
A G
No one wants these gravel roads to end
G
There's a train every 2: 15
Bm
That always was and always gonna be
A
Daughters to mothers,
Daughters to mothers,
G
Daughters to mothers, again
D G D
It's so hard to leave my hometown world
D G D
I try to be a hometown girl
D
But in a car
A G
in the high school parking lot,
I know I'm not.
verse 2
G Bm
In the crowd on graduation day
G Bm
You can see the ones that wish they got away
A G
One on the hip, one on the way
G Bm
But way back here is branded on my heart
G Bm
I wish so bad I could play the part
A G
It's where I am in my glory days
D G D
It's so hard to leave my hometown world
D G D
I try to be a hometown girl
D
But in a car
A G
in the high school parking lot,
I know I'm not.
Bridge
G
It's holding on to me and all my doubts
G
Now it's when I stay or I get out
A G
There's a train every 2: 15
D G D
It's so hard to leave my hometown world
D G D
I try to be a hometown girl
D
But in a car
A G
in the high school parking lot,
A
I know, just gotta go can't turn around,
G
I'm not.