Our Town Chords
by James Taylor
Our Town by James Taylor is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, Bm, Am, Gm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D A D
Long ago, but not so very long ago
G A D
The world was different, oh yes it was
D A Bm
You settled down and you built a town and made it there
A
And you watched it grow
G A
It was your town
D A Bm
Time goes by, time brings changes, you change, too
G A D
Nothing comes that you can't handle, so on you go
D A Bm Am G
Never see it coming, the world caves in on you
G A
On your town
G A
Nothing you can do.
D G D
Main street isn't main street anymore
D G A
Lights don't shine as brightly as they shone before
Bm Am G Gm
Tell the truth, lights don't shine at all
G A D
In our town
D A
Sun comes up each morning
D
Just like it's always done
G A D
Get up, go to work, start the day,
D A Bm Am G
Open up for business that's never gonna come
Em A Em A
As the world rolls by a million miles away
D G D
Main street isn't main street anymore
D G A
No one seems to need us like they did before
Bm Am G Gm
It's hard to find a reason left to stay
G A
But it's our town
G A
Love it anyway
G Bm A D
Come what may, it's our town