Tar And Cement Chords & Lyrics - Misc Unsigned Bands - Verdelle Smith

INTRO: [G] [A]

#1.
[A]The town I came from was quiet and [E]small..

we played in the meadows where the grass
grew so [A]tall.
[A]In summer the lilacs would [Gbm]grow every[E]where..
[E]the laughter of children would float in the [A]air.
[A]As I grew older I had to [E]roam..far from my family,
far from my [A]home.
[A]Into the city, where lives can be [E]spent..lost in
the shadows of tar and [A]cement.

[CHORUS]
[A]And every [Gbm]night I'd sit alone and learn what
loneliness [A]meant..up in my [Gbm]rented [Db]room [Gbm]above the
world of tar and [A]cement.

#2.
[A]Each day I'd wake up and look at the [E]sky..[Bm]think of
the meadows where [E]I used to [A]lie.
[A]Then I'd remember all of that's [E]gone..you're in the city,
you better push [A]on.
[A]Get what you came for, before it's too [E]late..get what
you came for, the meadows can [A]wait.

[CHORUS]
[A]And every [Gbm]night I'd sit alone and learn what
loneliness [A]meant..up in my [Gbm]rented [Db]room [Gbm]above the
world of tar and [A]cement.

#3.
[A]Many years later, tired at [E]last, I headed for home to
look for my [A]past.
[A]I looked for the meadows, there wasn't a [E]trace..six lanes
of highway had taken their [A]place.
Where were the lilacs and all that they [E]meant..nothing but
acres of tar and [A]cement.

[BRIDGE]
Yet, I can [Gbm]see it there so clearly, now..where has it [A]gone?
[A]Yes, I can [Gbm]see it there so clearly, now, where has it [A]gone?[E] [Gbm]

[OUTRO]
[A]Where are the meadows? ([Gbm]tar and cement)
[A]where are the lilacs? ([Gbm]tar and cement)
[A]And where is the tall grass? ([Gbm]tar and cement)
The [A]laughter of children? ([Gbm]tar and cement)
[A]Nothing but acres ([Gbm]tar and cement)..[A]acres and acres..
([Gbm]tar and cement) (Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.