Lights Of My Hometown Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays416

Lights Of My Hometown by Brian Davis is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em      C     D      
Oh lights of my hometown 
            Em           C        D 
They come alive when the sun goes down 
           Em      C     D 
You know lights of my hometown 
            Em           C         D 
They come alive when the sun goes down 


                          Em                  C 
Yeah I'm talking bout the 50 yard line on a Friday night 
            D                   G 
Mainstreet drag lined up with red tail lights  
         Em                      C 
Yeah the dashboard glow from the radio 
         D                        G 
Get the console back pull your girl real close 
         Em                      C 
Got the summer stars out in the backwoods 
          D                   G 
Got the windows down yeah ya feel so good 
             Em                 C 
To lock your high beams in on a mud hole 
          D                       G 
If your where I'm from then ya damn sure know 


     Em      C     D      
Oh lights of my hometown 
            Em           C        D 
They come alive when the sun goes down 
           Em      C     D 
You know lights of my hometown 
            Em           C         D 
They come alive when the sun goes down 


                      Em                    C 
Oh yeah we hold our lighters up if its a good song 
   D                            G 
Little Lynyrd Skynyrd getcha singin' along 
             Em             C       
Now buy some gasoline on a pile of wood 
    D                           G 
G little too much will make it burn real good 
             Em                 C 
We got the moonshine, I'm talkin' both kinds 
  D                          G 
Getcha seein' double lookin' at them tanlines 
           Em                    C 
Yeah we're throwin' down til the cops come 
         D                          G 
See the blue lights flash boys its time to run 

    
         Em       C     D 
Gnd the lights of my hometown 
                   Em            C        D 
Oh yeah they come alive when the sun goes down 
                      Em       C     D 
Oh yeah you know the lights of my hometown 
                   Em            C         D 
Oh yeah they come alive when the sun goes down 
                       Em, C, D 
When the sun goes down  
              Em, C, D 
Sun goes down 


              Em            C 
How bout a flashlight on a gravestone 
          D                         G 
Its your best friend know that he ain't long gone 
Em              C 
Pop a top pour a little out 
  D                                G 
Just to let him know we're still thinkin about him 


     Em       C      D 
Gnd lights of our hometown 
                 Em            C         D 
He almost comes alive when the sun goes down 
                      Em       C      D 
Oh yeah you know the lights of our hometown 
                   Em            C        D 
Oh yeah they come alive when the sun goes down 
                      Em       C     D 
Oh yeah you know the lights of my hometown 
                   Em            C        D 
Oh yeah they come alive when the sun goes down 
                      Em       C     D 
Oh yeah you know the lights of my hometown 
                   Em            C         D 
Oh yeah they come alive when the sun goes down 


Em, C, D (4x)   
       
   
                     Em       C      D 
Oh yeah we know the lights of our hometown 
                   Em            C         D 
Oh yeah they come alive when the sun goes down 
                     Em       C     D 
Oh yeah we know the lights of my hometown 
                   Em            C         D 
Oh yeah they come alive when the sun goes down 
    	

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante