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My Hometown

Bowling for Soup
Tab
★4.2(5)

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Song

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My Hometown- Bowling For Soup

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Tabbed by: Kerri Butcher

Email: Footie4eva@hotmail.com

Tuning:Standard

Chords used-

C Gm G A

e|-0--1---3---0-----|
B|-1--1---0---2-----|
G|-0--1---0---2-----|
D|-2--3---0---2-----|
A|-3--3---2---0-----|
E|-0--1---3---0-----|

Start of acoustically

C

This song goes out to my good friends

C G Gm

Especially the ones I had before the Grammy Nominations in 2003

C Gm

And to all the girls from back in high school

C

Who actually spoke to me

G Gm

Even though I was a fat kid and a marching band geek

c Gm

I hope this song finds you well

C Gm

And I hope that your doing fucking swell

G A Gm

I hope that your back up, if you've ever been down

*TURN DISTORTION ON*

And I hope you got the fuck out of our hometown!

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------5--5--------------------------------------------|
D|-3------5-----5--5---Pick slide-------------------------------|
A|-3------5-----3--3--------------------------------------------|
E|-1------3-----*--*--------------------------------------------|

Verse

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5-------5---5--------------------------------------------|
D|-5-3-5-5-3---5-3-5-5-3----------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-5-3---3-3-3-5-3----------------------------------------|
E|-*-1-*-3-1---*-1-*-3-1----------------------------------------|

* * * * * *

Pre chorus

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-----5------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--3--5--3--5--7—-3 -----------------------------------------|
A|-3--3--3--3--5--7--3------------------------------------------|
E|-*--1--*--1--3--5— 1------------------------------------------|

* * * *

Chorus

And I hope you got the fuck out our home town

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-5----------------------------------------------------|
D|-3--5--5-5----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--5--3-3----------------------------------------------------|
E|-1--3--*-*----------------------------------------------------|

Bridge

You know I can't count how many times I've heard people say...

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-5-------5--4--2-------------------------------------|
D|-3--5--5-5--3--5—5--4--2--5----------------------------------|
A|-3--5--3-3--3--5—3--2--0--5----------------------------------|
E|-1--3--*-*--1--3----------3----------------------------------|

* * * *

Where the hell were you back in the day?....

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5----------5-4-2--------------------------------------|
D|-3--5--5--3--5----5-4-2-5-3-3--5-5---------------------------|
A|-3--5--3--3--5----3-2-0-5-3-3--5-5---------------------------|
E|-1--3--*--1--3----------3-1-1--3-3---------------------------|

* * * * * * * *

You have it

Th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th this song goes out....

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse.. go palm muted where it says "For letting me take your car to the prom"

Pre chorus

Chorus repeated x2

Outro

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-4-2-2---------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-4-2-2-3--------3-----------5---------------5\-----------|
A|-3-3-2-0-0-3--------3-----------5---------------5\-----------|
E|-----------1--------1-----------3---------------3\-----------|

This another great BFS song, I love it.... the new album "A Hangover You Dont Deserve" is awesome!

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