This Town

   D
We finally got a flashing light
     D
They put it in last year
    D
And everybody got real happy
         D
When the grocery store got beer
         G
And last time the census men came a-knockin'
        G
We were busting at the seams


[Refrain]
N.C.
Aww, but don't you forget it, as big as we're getting
N.C.                        G
This town's too small to be mean


[Verse 2]
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Big enough for a ZIP code
  D
A VFW
  D
A good Mexican restaurant
  D
A beauty shop or two
      G
Got a Methodist, a Baptist
      G
And a Church of the Nazarene


[Refrain]
N.C.
Aww, but don't you forget it, as big as we're getting
N.C.                        G
This town's too small to be mean
           D                    G
Yeah, it's too dang small to be mean

[Chorus]
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Too small to be lying
C
Way too small to cheat
C
Way too small for secrets
               D
'Cause they're way too hard to keep
    C
And somebody's mama knows somebody's cousin
    C
And somebody's sister knows somebody's husband
    G                         C
And somebody's daughter knows somebody's brother
      G    N.C.
And around here, we all look out for each other


[Interlude]
D   G


[Verse 3]
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You'll end up in the paper
D
Wreck your family name
     D
What goes around comes back around
   D
By Friday's football game
   G
We only got one sheriff
       G
But we all know how to keep the peace


[Refrain]
N.C.
Aww, and don't you forget it, as big as we're getting
N.C.                        G
This town's too small to be mean


[Chorus]
C
Too small to be lying
C
Way too small to cheat
C
Way too small for secrets
               D
'Cause they're way too hard to keep
    C
And somebody's mama knows somebody's cousin
    C
And somebody's sister knows somebody's husband
    G                         C
And somebody's daughter knows somebody's brother
      G    N.C.
And around here, we all look out for each other


[Interlude]
C  G  C  D


[Outro]
      C
Yeah, somebody's mama knows somebody's cousin
    C
And somebody's sister knows somebody's husband
    G                         C
And somebody's daughter knows somebody's brother
      G    N.C.
And around here, we all look out for each other