Verse 1
       Dm              F
In the tiny town where I come from

    C                       G
You grew up doing what your daddy done

        Dm                       F                C
And you don't ask questions, you do it just because

          Dm                F
You don't climb too high or dream too much

       C                      G
With a whole lotta work and a little bit of luck you can

Dm                 F                C
Wind up right back where your daddy was
 
Chorus
                  Am                  F
This little bitty town It aint nothin new

              C                             G       E7
We all stick around 'cause they all tell us to

             Am                             C
Swallow your pride just to make your family proud

            G                                        F
If I didn't think that it would shut the whole place down

    F                  G                     Am
I'd ride my pony right out of this one horse town

                     C
Yeah, this one horse town

Verse 2
       Dm                     F
I'm an old married man at the age of 23

    C                      G
Got two little boys on the baseball team

    Dm                  F             C
And that might be their only ticket out

Dm                F
All they got is a worn out name

      C                          G
and a daddy that could have gone all the way

      Dm             F                    C
but I hung my saddle up and I settled down
 
Chorus 2
                  Am                  F
This little bitty town It aint nothin new

              C                             G       E7
We all stick around 'cause they all tell us to

             Am                             C
Swallow your pride just to make your family proud

            G                                         F
If I didn't think that it would shut the whole thing down

    F                         G                         C
I'd saddle that one horse and ride it right out of this town