Life In A Northern Town Chords

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Life In A Northern Town by Sugarland is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Dm and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Sugarland-Little Big Town-Jake Owens 

Intro: C-F-C 
C 
A Salvation Army band played 

And the children drank lemonade  
                  Dm                    C 
And the morning lasted all day,  - All day 
                              
And through an open window came  
                            
Like Sinatra in a younger day, 
   Dm             F      G7 
Pushing the town away - away  


(Chant)  
C 
hey oh ma ma ma , Into the night  
                     F                       C  
hey oh ma ma ma hey ah, Life in a northern town.  
     
hey ma ma ma  

 C 
They sat on the stoney ground 

And he took a cigarette out  
                        Dm           C 
And everyone else came down  - To listen. 

It was in winter 1963  
                                             
It felt like the world would freeze 
              Dm 
With John F. Kennedy  
F           G7 
And the Beatles  


(Chant)  
C 
hey oh ma ma ma , Into the night  
                     F                       C 
hey oh ma ma ma hey ah, Life in a northern town.  

hey ma ma ma - hey oh ma ma ma , Into the night  
                    F                           C 
hey oh ma ma ma hey ah, They shut the factory down.  
     
hey ma ma ma  

C  
The evening had turned to rain 

Watch the water roll down the drain,  
                    Dm              C  
As we followed him down, To the station 
                            
And though he never would wave goodbye,  

You could see it written in his eyes 
                     Dm      F         G7 
As the train rolled out of sight - Bye-bye.  


(Chant)  
C 
hey oh ma ma ma, Into the night  
                    F                        C 
hey oh ma ma ma hey ah, Life in a northern town.  

hey ma ma ma, Take it easy on your self  

hey oh ma ma ma, Into the night  
                    F                        C 
hey oh ma ma ma hey ah, Life in a northern town.  
  
hey ma ma ma - hey oh ma ma ma, Into the night  
                    F                        C 
Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah, Life in a northern town  

hey ma ma ma - hey oh ma ma ma, Into the Night  
                 F                         C 
hey ma ma ma hey ah, Life in a Northern Town  

hey ma ma ma 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante