E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| Hometown - Joe Jackson E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| Written by: Joe Jackson Tabbed by: maguri From: "Big World" (1986) Tuning: Standard E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| [Intro] | D A | Bm F#m | G Asus4 | Asus4 A | | D A | Bm F#m | G D | G A | | D A | Bm F#m | G D | G A | [Verse] D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 Of all the stupid things I could have thought this was the worst D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 I started to believe that I was born at seventeen D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 And all the stupid things, the letters and the broken verse D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer, they'd always been D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 And now I plough through files of bills receipts and credit cards D A Bm F#m G A And tickets and the daily news and sometimes I just wanna go back to my [Chorus] Bm F#m G D Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same A Bm F#m G Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long, A E [ D ] And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh [Interlude] | D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 | | D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 | [Verse] D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 We think we're pretty smart, us city slickers get around D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 And when the going's rough we kill the pain and relocate D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 We're never married, never faithful not to any town D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 But we never leave the past behind we just accumulate D A Bm F#m G D G Asus4 So sometimes when the music stops I seem to hear a distant sound D A Bm F#m G Of waves and seagulls, football crowds and churchbells, A And I wanna go back to my [Chorus] Bm F#m G D Home Town, though I know it'll never be the same A Bm F#m G Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long, A [ E ] And I'm wondering if it's still there [Interlude] | E | % | G | % | E | % | G | A | [Chorus] Bm F#m G D Back to my home town, though I know it'll never be the same A Bm F#m G Back to my home town, 'cause it's been so long, A E [ D ] And I'm wondering if it's still there ... ooh ooh ooh [Outro] | D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 | | D A | Bm F#m | G D | G Asus4 | | Bm | F#m | G | D