When A Small Town Dies Guitar Chords Troy Cassar-Daley

[Verse]
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Dad worked at the abattoirs and mum looked after home
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And our fibro house was on the five-mile zone
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A little town with its good and its bad
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but we gave thanks for what we had
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In our changing world they shut the meat works down
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I watched the gates close on the dusty ground
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Dad was strong and silent with a tear in his eye
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he said I hate to see a small town die

[Chorus]
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When a small town dies you lay its soul to rest
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All the livin? lovin? workin? will be gone now I guess
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Well it?d break my grandad?s heart if he were still alive to see this cherished old small
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town die

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For 3 generations our family?s been here through floods depressions laughter and tears
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The pollies on the TV say everything is fine as we sit and watch out small town die

[Chorus]
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Well I caught the Brisbane Limited when I turned 18
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cried all the way to Lismore missin? family
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you know I?d give my right arm not to have to wave goodbye but I don?t
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Want to see a small town die

[Outro]
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To see this cherished old small town die