* = strum once
[Intro]
A  A   D  D
[Verse]
A 
Half of my high school got too drunk 
A                                           D 
Half of my high school fell in love with the girl next door 
         D 
In their daddy's Ford 
    A 
And half of my main street's mini skirts 
A 
Half of my main street's dressed for church 
          D                          D 
It could use some rain, and a fresh coat of paint
[Chorus]
                 A 
Half of my hometown's still hangin' around 
                  E 
Still talkin' about that one touchdown 
              F#m 
They're still wearin' red and black 
        D 
"Go Bobcats" while the other half 
            A 
Of my hometown, they all got out 
           E 
Some went north, some went south 
              F#m           E                       D 
They're still lookin' for a feelin' half of us ain't found 
            Bm           C#m             D 
So stay or leave, part of me will always be 
                A 
Half of my hometown 
A   D
[Verse]
A 
Half of our prom queens cut their hair 
A 
Half of them think that it ain't fair 
     D 
The quarterback moved away and never came back 
 A 
Half of my family is happy I left 
     A 
The other half worries I'll just forget 
      D 
Where I came from 
                  D 
Same place where they came from
[Chorus]
                A 
Half of my hometown's still hangin' around 
                  E 
Still talkin' about that one touchdown 
              F#m 
They're still wearin' red and black 
     D 
"Go Bobcats" while the other half 
            A 
Of my hometown, they all got out 
           E 
Some went north, some went south 
              F#m           E                       D 
They're still lookin' for a feelin' half of us ain't found 
            Bm           C#m            D 
So stay or leave, part of me will always be 
                A 
Half of my hometown
[Post-Chorus]
   E                 F#m      D 
Mm, Half of my hometown (Oh)
[Bridge]
F#m        E 
Back roads raised us 
D              A 
Highways, they take us 
 Bm      C#m              D* 
Memories make us wanna go back
[Chorus]
             A 
To our hometown, settle down 
         E 
Talk about that one touchdown 
              F#m 
Raise some kids in red and black 
       D 
"Go Bobcats" while the other half 
            A 
Of our hometown was in the crowd 
              E 
They knew the words, they sang them loud 
     F#m        E               D 
And all I wanna do is make them proud 
               Bm            C#m D 
'Cause half of me will always be Knoxville, Tennessee 
        A 
My hometown  Oh
[Outro]
D         A 
  My hometown 
D             A 
   My hometown