C G Em D
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C G Em D
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[Verse 1]
C G Em D
Daddy threw a hammer, Mama taught her to drink
C G Em D
She’s a first-generation homecoming queen
C G Em D
Got a mailbox letter, gonna make ’em all proud
C G Em D C G Em D
She’s the first one to make it to a college town (College town)……
[Verse 2]
C G Em D
Boyfriend throws a ball, he’s got a hell of an arm
C G Em D
He’ll be a first-string freshman, fresh off the farm
C G Em D
They already named their babies, got a ring picked out
C G Em D
As if they stand a chance against college town
[Chorus]
Em D C G
She knows that all goin’ in, not a thing comin’ out
Em D C G
She’s got the world in her hands for years to find out
Em D C G
How to dr?ss up and mess up and wake up drunk on a couch
Em D C G
She’ll g?t a heartbreak degree when love lets her down
Em D C G
They don’t teach you in school what you learn in a college town
[Verse 3]
C G Em D
She’ll come home for Christmas and cut off her hair
C G Em D
Got a whole new opinion her parents don’t share
C G Em D
They’ll put her in a place, they’ll put her feet on the ground
C G Em D
She’s on the first two-lane back to that college town
[Chorus]
Em D C G
She knows that all goin’ in, not a thing comin’ out
Em D C G
She’s got the world in her hands for years to find out
Em D C G
How to dr?ss up and mess up and wake up drunk on a couch
Em D C G
And she’ll change her major, she’s a poli-sci now
Em D C G
They don’t teach you in school what you learn in a college town
[Instrumental]
C G Em D
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[Bridge]
Am C
There’s some new inhibitions
G D
And finding your voice, yeah
Am C
She’s makin’ real big decisions
D
Makin’ out with the boys
D
She’s makin’ all kinds of noise
[Chorus]
Em D C G
She knows that all goin’ in, not a thing comin’ out
Em D C G
She’s got the world in her hands for years to find out
Em D C G
How to dr?ss up and mess up and wake up drunk on a couch
Em D C G
She’ll get a real crash course in what real life’s about
Em D C G
They don’t teach you in school what you learn in a college town
[Outro]
C G Em D
Ooh, yeah
C G Em D
Ooh, yeah
C G Em D
Ooh, yeah
C G Em D
Ooh, yeah
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