Jesse Welles – My Little Town Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Jesse Welles – My Little Town Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are My Little Town chords by Jesse Welles on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
(Whistle)
C
F     C
G     C

[Verse]
     C
The sky is blue
The lake is great
Why say "I won't"
When I'm saying
"I ain't"
         F
I got a dog for
 a friend
I got BB gun dreams
        C
Got an uncle in
the war
And a fort in the
trees
       G
And I walk where
I wanns
I'm a boy on foot
           F
Think I'm big as an
 oak
I'm justa sproutin'
             C
my roots uh huh

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[Verse]
            C
I know the folks
They all know me
Can't all be like
 minded
But we can agree
 F
Leave the boy be
Leave him with his
bare feet
          C
Catching fishes
for fun
Ramping bikes in
the street

[Pre-Chorus]
       G
I'm a headed home
Where nothing needs
fixing
         F
But the breakfast
cooking
In my momma's kitchen
    C
uh huh

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[Chorus]
              Dm
Woh, I got a young
boy's mind and
it's crystal clear
I can see the whole
world
just standing here
        G
It's a one street
town,
I gotta get out
But it won't be
long
'til I'ma singing
about
 F       C
Missing missing
 Dm
missing
 F       C
Missing missing
 Dm     G
missing
           C   C
My little town
(Whistle)
C
F     C

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[Pre-Chorus]
           G
Well I'ma headed
 home
Where nothing needs
fixing
         F
But the breakfast
cooking
In my momma's kitchen
    C
uh huh

[Chorus]
         Dm
I got a young boy's
 mind
and it's crystal clear
I can see the whole
world
just standing here
        G
It's a one street town,
I gotta get out
But it won't be long
'til
I'ma singing about
 F       C       Dm
Missing missing missing
 F       C       Dm     G
Missing missing missing
           C   C
My little town

[Verse]
 C
What's wrong momma?
Everything's alright
They're outa Iraq
You can sleep at night
F
Oklahoma's a ways
away
             C
As far as tomorrow
from today
         G
And the rain comes
down
And the grass grows
green
 F
Life is a science
that
you just can't
teach
        C
Unh uh huh

[Chorus]
              Dm
Woh, I got a young
boy's
mind and it's crystal
clear
I can see the whole
world
just standing here
        G
It's a one street
town,
I gotta get out
But it won't be long
'til
I'ma singing about
 F       C
Missing missing
 Dm
missing
 F       C
Missing missing
 Dm     G
missing

[Outro]
           C   F
My little town
G          C   F
My little town
G          C  F G C
My little town

Watch: My Little Town

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How to play My Little Town: key, chords and progression

To play My Little Town by Jesse Welles, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 4 chords: C, F, G and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – F – C – Dm (V – IV – I – ii in C major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – reh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A

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My Little Town chords: questions

What key is My Little Town in?

My Little Town by Jesse Welles is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in My Little Town?

My Little Town uses 4 chords: C, F, G, Dm.

What is the chord progression of My Little Town?

The main progression is G – F – C – Dm (V – IV – I – ii).

Is My Little Town easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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