C F C F


[Verse 1]
C                       F
I wait in hope of every day
                             C
That changes come as changes may
                         F
With every fear that I allay


[Verse 2]
C                       F
I have a horror of this place
                          C
Yet I'm accustomed to its face
                         F
And I am safe within its maze


[Chorus]
G                       F
But you leave me nothing in my hometown
G                           F
And now you want to pull us down
          C
But I can hope
          G
And I can pray
           Bb
And I will stay


[Verse 3]
C                             F
I traced my way from Bluebell Hill
                         C
To the park, and further still
                         F
Onto the rise beyond the mounds


[Verse 4]
C                           F
And from this point I could see
                     C
My life in its entirety
                        F
Mapped before me on the ground


[Chorus]
G                       F
But you leave me nothing in my hometown
G                           F
And now you want to pull us down
          C
But I can hope
          G
And I can pray
           Bb
And I will stay


[Solo]
G C Bb
G C F


[Verse 5]
C                        F
Let the cold air bite my face
                       C
For I am angry at this place
                          F
Wherein nothing stays the same


[Verse 6]
C                             F
It breaks my heart to let you go
                             C
When deep inside us, we both know
                           F
That you will not be back again


[Chorus]
G                       F
But you leave me nothing in my hometown
G                           F
And now you want to pull us down
          C
But I can hope
          G
And I can pray
           Bb    C
And I will stay