INTRO:
D D
VERSE:
D
All the stereo types, Friday night lights, I hate to say they're true
Bm7 Bm D
All the football games and the drama queens with nothin' better to do
G
I swore I wouldn't miss that
G D D
I said I'm never comin' back he-ere
D
Had the U-Haul packed before I walked the stage at graduation
Bm7 D
I was ready to fly over the red lights that kept me waitin'
G
From the second they turned green
G D D
I got out and gone for three year-ears
PRE-CHORUS:
A G
It's amazing what a little time and space
A
Can do to a place
CHORUS:
D
When I drive down these roads, see you and me at sixteen
A
When I never coulda known comin' back would be so sweet
Bm A G
Every chance I get, I wanna go now
Bm A G
Every memory makes me wanna slow down
D D
You make it hard to hate this hometown
VERSE:
D
That nothin'-goin'-on corner store in that lakeview parkin' lot
Bm7
Your parents' old red brick house, they moved out, but it's still got
G
A whole lot of you and me
G D
And, baby, that's all I see no-ow
PRE-CHORUS:
A G
It's amazin' what fallin' in love'll do
A
To a place you thought you knew
CHORUS:
D
When I drive down these roads, I see you and me at sixteen
A
When I never coulda known comin' back would be so sweet
Bm A G
Every chance I get, I wanna go now
Bm A G
Every memory makes me wanna slow down
D
You make it hard to hate this hometown
A
You make it hard to hate this hometown
Bm A G
You make it hard to hate this hometown
CHORUS:
D
When I drive down these roads, yeah I almost wanna stay
A
Ooh, I never coulda known how my feelings could change
Bm A G
Every chance I get, I wanna go now
Bm A G
Every memory makes me wanna slow down
D D
You make it hard to hate this hometown
Bm
You make it hard to hate this hometown
OUTRO:
G
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