Small Towns And Big Dreams Chords
by Paul Brandt
Small Towns And Big Dreams by Paul Brandt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, Dm, Gm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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