His Hometown by Cheryl Wheeler
Key: CC | Capo: 2fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro: G  C  G  C  G  C  D
       G  C  D  Em  C  D  G
                   C
When he was a boy, sitting in school
D/Gb                           G
Staring out the windows at the fields he knew
                          C
All that he wanted was to be there too
D/Gb                            C       D
Driving his tractor through the morning dew
G                  C
Dust from the sun, mud from the rain
D/Gb                       G
Felt like an honour to him all the same
                                C
It's the simplest thing, he's a self taught man
D/Gb                         C           D
He loves his work because he loves the land
 
Chorus:
      G           C     G          C      G
He can change the hills, plant the trees
        C     D                  G
Dig the wells, spread the seeds
        C      D           Em
Mow the fields, plough the streets
   C   D    G
In his home town
                          C
When the seasons roll by, year into year
     D/Gb                         G
He's worked all his life and he's worked right here
                            C
The winter's go slow if the snows don't come
         D/Gb                       C        D
But it's soon to be summer when the tractors hum
Chorus:
      G           C     G          C      G
He can change the hills, plant the trees
        C     D                  G
Dig the wells, spread the seeds
        C      D           Em
Mow the fields, plough the streets
   C   D    G        C
In his home town
Bridge:
                               G              C
I've seen him do things I just can't believe
             Am                    D        C
Makes gentle giants of those big machines
                          D     G    C
He moves a boulder like a paper bag
           Am                      D  
He moves a tree like it was all he had
      G           C    
He can change the hills
Instrumental: G  C  G  C   D  G  C  D  Em  C  D  G
                                C
And blessed is the soul who has truly found
D/Gb                           G
Something to rest on while the world turns 'round
                          C
I think he'd say, this is how he feels
         D/Gb                       C         D
When the dark earth is turning underneath his wheels
Chorus:
      G           C     G          C      G
He can change the hills, plant the trees
        C     D                  G
Dig the wells, spread the seeds
        C      D           Em
Mow the fields, plough the streets
   C   D    G 
In his home town
   C   D    G 
In his home town