East Of Gary

G Em C C Am C/G Em Em G Em C C I grew up on the Indiana side of Chicago Am C/G Em Em With the rusty steel mills belching in the westward wind G Em C C I watched Mom and Dad trying to clean their sorrows Am C/G Em Em With my brothers and me at old Lake Michigan D There's a little boy Em He's got big brown eyes D He's got swimming trunks A ‘bout twice his size D Yeah he's looking at a steel mill sunset Em Skipping a stone, C C/E Am G D "Hey boy, ain't you a little young to feel so alone?" G Em C Well they changed the name of my hometown when we moved away Am C/G Em Now it's more than words that I don't recognize D/F# G Em C That kid down at the filling station tried to keep my change from a twenty Am C/G Em I could see that cold assurance in his eyes D Em Hey you need ten dollars for the rainy day? D A Yeah save and go to college or just get away get away get away C D Em Or you could spend that money on a two-day stone C C/E Am G D Oh, there are worse things in this world than being alone let me tell you now... Am Em Am Em Am Em C D Am Em Am Em Am Em C Bm G Em C So, if you're driving from Chicago, east of Gary Am C/G Em And you find a fallen town that has two names G Em C There'll be no one to possibly remember Am C/G Em A little lonesome brown-eyed boy who went by James D Oh the mill's shut down Em But the air's still sour D You get a hotel room A You gotta pay by the hour D Oh the good old days Em They're just good and gone C C/E Am G D Like autumn leaves on a burning lawn G D/F# Em D C Yeah I grew up on the Indiana side of Chicago Am Em With the rusty steel mills belching in the westward wind