America - How Town: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "How Town" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
E Down in this hot town At some old café tonight You hear the dogs bay At the green neon light It’s one hundred degrees But the heat is free In this hot town This hot town tonight And that there candle Only adds to the heat As you sit in your t-shirt Trying to eat You watch the waitress, you watch the clock on the wall And the flies in the window climb up just to fall In this hot town (hot town, hot town) This hot town tonight (hot town, hot, hot) C D# F C Down in this hot town Don’t know no person to call And this here café Don’t serve no beer at all Out on the sidewalk It’s cooling down for your feet (cooling down, cooling down for your feet) But the women are still sweaty and sweet (still sweaty, sweaty and sweet) So you watch the waitress, you watch the clock on the wall And the flies in the window climb up just to fall In this hot town (hot town, hot town) This hot town tonight (hot town, hot, hot) It’s one hundred degrees But the heat is free In this hot town This hot town tonight It’s one hundred degrees (oh yeah) In this hot town (hot town, hot town) This hot town tonight (hot town, hot, hot) (Hot town, hot town) (Hot town, hot, hot)… (fade) You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsC  D#  E  F  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "How Town" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "How Town" by America.