Intro: | Em C | G G/F# | Em
Verso 1:
Em C G
Tell your folks that I get out today
G/F# Em
And how your man thirsts
C G G/F#
And how his mind works
Em C G
And tell the kids that I am here to stay
G/F# Em
And tell your new one
C G
That he is my son
Am7 Am7/B C D
(Oh, oh, oh, oh,)
Em G C G
Can't you feel it? Your hometown hero is home, babe
Am7 Am7/B C D E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,)
G C G
It's Independence Day
Verso 2:
Em C G
Can't you see the rockets, the red glare?
G/F# Em
And all her dreamers
C G
And party streamers
Em C G
I'd rather be with you here than anywhere
G/F# Em
It felt like a century
C G
In the penitentiary
Am7 Am7/B C D
(Oh, oh, oh, oh,)
Em G C G
Can't you feel it? Your hometown hero is home, babe
Am7 Am7/B C D E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,)
G C G
It's Independence Day
Outro
Em G C G G/F#
Can't you feel it? Your hometown hero is home, babe
Em G
Can almost taste it, the whole town's amazin'
C G G/F#
Threw your man his own parade
Em G
You crack one face at a Pirates game
C G G/F#
They don't care who you are, they just put you away
Em G C G
Can't you feel it? That hometown spirit is ho~ome, babe
Am7 Am7/B C D E
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,)
G C G
It's Independence Day
Am7 Am7/B C D | E
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A|--0---2---3---5--|--7--|
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