IntroA.....E.....A.....F#m.......D..Verse 1A..A couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific Etrain
Carrying F#msheet metal and household appliances
Through the pouring Drain
They were Aplanning on getting married
After graduation
Had a Elittle baby girl
Trouble came and shut it F#mdown
Things like that ain’t supposed to Dhappen
ChorusIn this quiet
Atown
Families are
Etight
Good peo
F#mple
They still don’t deadbolt their doors at
Dnight
In this quiet
Atown.
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Verse 2When we first heard
Aopioid stories
They were always in whispering
Etones
Now
F#mbanners of sorrow
Mark the front steps of childhood
Dhomes
Parents wept through daddy’s girl eulogies
And
Amerit badge milestones
With their daughters and
Esons
Laying there lifeless in their suits and
F#mgowns
Somebody’s been keepin’ se
Dcrets
ChorusIn this quiet
Atown
They know how to
Elive
Good peo
F#mple who lean on Jesus
They’re quick to for
Dgive
In this quiet
Atown.
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Verse 3Now whenever I
Aam near the town
I’ll find some reason to
Egive
And I will
F#mwalk with the dead and the living
Where I used to
Dlive
And every time I see my parents
In the
Aprime of their lives
Offering their
Eson
The kind of love he could never put
F#mdown
Well part of me is still that s
Dtainless kid
Lucky
ChorusIn this quiet
Atown
Salt of the
Eland
Hard-working peo
F#mple
If you’re in trouble
They’ll lend you a
Dhand
Here in this quiet
Atown.
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OutroA..The first crop of hay is up
S
Echool let out
And the sun beats down
F#m..Smoke billows from a Sunday train
That
Dcries away from a quiet town.
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