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Small Town Chords

(ver. 1)
Lou Reed
             D              G6
When you're growing up in a small town 
              A6              D
When you're growing up in a small town 
              D              G6
When you're growing up in a small town 
         A6                 D
You say no one famous ever came from here

              D              G6
When you're growing up in a small town 
           A6                 D
and you're having a nervous breakdown 
          D                       G6
and you think that you'll never escape it 
    A6                          D
Yourself or the place that you live 

       D            G6
Where did Picasso come from 
               A6                    D
There's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh 
   D                     G6
If art is the tip of the iceberg 
        A6             D
I'm the part sinking below 

/ D / A G# G / D / G A / 
/ D / A G# G / D / G A /
/ D / D /
              D              G6
When you're growing up in a small town 
      A6                     D
Bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty 
  D                 G6
People look at you funny 
       A6               D
When you're in a small town 
    D                    G6
My father worked in construction 
          A6                      D
It's not something for which I'm suited 
   D                            G6
Oh, what is something for which you are suited? 
  A6            D
Getting out of here 

/ D / A G# G / D / G A / 
/ D / A G# G / D / G A /
/ D / D /

   D                   G6
I hate being odd in a small town 
          A6                      D
If they stare, let them stare in New York City 
         D                   G6
As this pink eyed painting albino 
     A6                D
How far can my fantasy go? 
        D                G6
I'm no Dali coming from Pittsburgh 
     A6                D
No adorable lisping Capote 
                 D                 G6
My hero, oh, do you think I could meet him? 
     A6                    D
I'd camp out at his front door 
 
              D                       G6
There is only one good thing about a small town 
              A6                   D
There is only one good use for a small town 
              D                       G6
There is only one good thing about a small town 
      A6                      D
You know that you want to get out 
              D              G6
When you're growing up in a small town 
      A6                         D
You know you'll grow down in a small town 
              D                   G6
There is only one good use for a small town...
                                                 D
You hate it and you'll know you have to leave            
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