| G | |
| G D C (spoken "2-3-4") |
| G D Em C, G D C |
| G | D | |
| Well this | life that I've | lived |
| Em | C | |
| Has | took me every | where |
| G | D | C | |
| There ain't no place | I ain't never | gone |
| G | D | |
| But it's | kinda like the | sayin |
| Em | C | |
| That you | heard so many | times |
| G | D | C | |
| Well there | just ain't | no place like | home |
| G | D | C | |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Did you | ever see a | she-gator | protect her | youngins |
| G | D | C | |
| Or the | fish in a | river swiwin | free |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Did you | ever see the | beauty of the | hills of Carol | ina |
| G | D | C | |
| Or the | sweetness of the | grass in | Tennesee |
| G | D | C | |
| And | lord I can't | make any | changes |
| G | D | C | |
| All I can do is | write 'em in a | song |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Cus I can see the | concrete a | slowly | creepin |
| G | D | C | |
| Lord take me and | mine before tha | t comes |
| G | D | C | G | D | C | |
| G | D | C | |
| Like to see the | mountain stream a | flowing |
| G | D | C | |
| Do you | like to see a | youngin with his | dog |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Did you ever stop and | think about well | the air you're | breathing |
| G | D | C | |
| Well you better listen | to my | song |
| And lord I can't make any changes |
| All I can do is write 'em in a song |
| Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin |
| Lord take me and mine before it comes |
| (key change to A for piano solo) |
| A E D (played 4x) |
| (back to G) |
| G | D | C | |
| I'm not tryin to | put down no big | city |
| G | D | C | |
| But the | things they write abo | ut us is just a b | ore |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| You can take a boy | out of old | Dixiela | nd |
| G | D | C | |
| But you'll never take | Dixie from a | boy |
| G | D | C | |
| And lord I can't | make any | changes |
| G | D | C | |
| All I can do is | write 'em in a | song |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Cus I can see the | concrete a | slowly | creepin |
| G | D | C | |
| Lord take me and | mine before that | comes |
| G | D | Am | C | |
| Yes well | I can see the | concrete a | slowly | creeping |
| G | D | C | |
| Lord take me and | mine before that | comes. |