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