INtro - G - D - Cadd9 - G - D - Em7 - C - G - D - Cadd9
| G | D | |
| Well this | life that I've | lived, |
| Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| Has | took me ever | ywhere, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| There ain't no place | I ain't never | gone, |
| G | D | |
| But it's | kinda like the | sayin, |
| Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| That you | heard so many t | imes, |
| G | D | Cadd9-D | - | G | - | D | - | Cadd9 | |
| Well there | just ain't | no place like | home, |
| (verse 2) |
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| Did you | ever see a | shegator p | rotect her yo | ungins, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| Or the | fish in a | river swiwin | free, |
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| Did you | ever see the | beauty of the | hills of Caro | lina, |
| G | D | Cadd9-D | |
| Or the | sweetness of the | grass in T | ennesee, |
| (chorus)) |
| G | D | Cadd9-D | |
| And | lord I can't | make any c | hanges, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| All I can do is | write 'm in a s | ong, |
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| Cus I can see the | concrete a | slowly c | reepin, |
| G D Cadd9-D - (G - D - Cadd9 = 2x's) |
| Lord take me and mine before that comes, |
| (verse 3) |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| Like to see the | mountain stream a | flowing, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| Do you like to see a yo | ungin with his | dog, |
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| Did you ever stop and | think about well th | e air you're bre | athing, |
| G | D | Cadd9-D | |
| Well you better listen | to my | song, |
| (chorus)) |
| G | D | Cadd9-D | |
| And | lord I can't | make any c | hanges, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| All I can do is | write 'm in a s | ong, |
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| Cus I can see the | concrete a | slowly c | reepin, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| Lord take me and | mine before tha | t comes, |
| (piano lead chords - A - E - D = 4x's) |
| (verse 4) |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| I'm not tryin to | put down no big | city, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| But the things they write about | us is just a | bore, |
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| You can take a boy | out of old | Dixiel | and, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| But you'll never take | Dixie from a | boy, |
| (chorus)) |
| G | D | Cadd9 | - | D | |
| And | lord I can't | make any | change | s, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| All I can do is | write 'm in a s | ong, |
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| Cus I can see the | concrete a s | lowly cr | eepin, |
| G | D | Cadd9 | |
| Lord take me and | mine before that | comes, |
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | |
| I said | I can see the c | oncrete | a slowly c | reeping, |
| G | D | Em7 | |
| Lord take me and | mine before that | comes, |