Hometown Blues
By Rosanne Cash
Written by Tom Petty
Album: Seven Year Ache (1981)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
2/28/2025

Capo 1

A
Baby can't wait, baby got to go
A
Got to do a number on the late, late show
A
Do a little song, do a little dance
A
Wants to make the best of her big chance


Chorus:
E
Don't really matter if she don't or if she do
     F#m                                     E     A 
Just tryin' to make the best of the hometown blu-u-ues

I got a friend, got a little girl
Said she's the best in the whole wide world
Sounds so good, it sounds unreal
It might not last but it's no big deal

Chorus

Bridge:
F#m   E        A
Baby, save me, save me
D       E          A
Save me your sweet smile
F#m    E 
Honey, I really need for you 
D                               E   
To help me kill a little bit of time

All of the girls run with the crowd
They go wild when the lights go down
They got a little money, they live in a dream
They want to be the queen of every little scene

Chorus

Bridge

All of the girls run with the crowd
They go wild when the lights go down
They got a little money, they live in a dream
They want to be the queen of every little scene

Chorus