A6 x02222 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
