Intro G 

verse 1 
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Now, the railroad came generations ago 
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And the town grew up, as the crops did grow 
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And the crops grew well, and the town did, too 
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They say it's dying now and there ain't a thing we can do 
 

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I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio 
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I see it in the faces of everyone I know 
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The cost goes up, what we made comes down 
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What's gonna happen to our little town? 

Interlude 
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verse 2 
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The summer's full of thunder, the kids run and play 
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Mama got a new wrinkle, Papa ain't got much to say 
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Rust grows along the railroad track 
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The young folks leave, they don't come back 


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And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio 
                D7                G 
I see it in the faces of everyone I know 
              C                  G 
The boards go up, the signs come down 
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And what's gonna happen to our little town? 

Interlude 
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verse 3 
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Tom lost his farm, and we lost Tom 
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He left in the night, I don't know where he's gone 
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What he'd lost, he just couldn't face 
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What we're losing, it can't be replaced 
 

[Refrão]
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And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio 
                D7                  G 
I see it in the faces of everyone I know 
                 C                   G 
The reason we're here, is the farms around 
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So what's gonna happen to our little town? 

Interlude 
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verse 4 
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We've seen hard times many times before 
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Maybe this whole thing is just one more 
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It never was perfect, maybe no one's to blame 
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To see it die like this, it's a goddamn shame 


[Refrão]
                    C                               G 
And I don't have to read the news or hear it on the radio 
                D7                  G 
I see it in the faces of everyone I know 
              C                G 
The sun comes up, the sun goes down 
                 D7                   G 
But what's gonna happen to our little town? 

Outro 
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