Intro: G, C9, G

                                     C9                           G
She used to sit down by the highway, and watch all the cars going by
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and hang out down at the pool hall, and listen to the old man tell 
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lies.
                                                                       
They'd fill her head full of stories, about places and things that 
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they'd seen.
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She'd tell her friends about all her plans, and now she's a kid 
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full of dreams.
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Small towns can't hold on to dreamers, they grow up and just drift away.
     C                      G      Em         G       D           G
And later we'll read in the papers, about how well they're doing today.
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Small towns can't hold on to dreamers, but the world ain't as big 
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as it seems.
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You can live in a castle, you can walk in the sand, but you can't 
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take the home out of dreams.
    
                   D            G     C9    G
You can't take the home out of dreams.