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e Are My People"       
Rodney Atkins / Edited by:  Cook & Dees
 
Key of:  (C)
Intro:  (C)(C/B)(Am)(G)(F)(C)   x2

Well we (C) grew up (C/B) down by the (Am) railroad (G) tracks
Shootin (F) bb's at (G) old beer (C) cans
Chokin on the (C/B) smoke from a (Am) lucky strike
(G) Somebody (F) lifted off of (G) his old (C) man
We were football (C/B) flunkies
(Am) Southern rock (G) junkies
(F) Crackin up the (G) stere- (C) os
Singin loud and (C/B) proud to (Am) Gimme 3 (G) steps
Simple (F) man and (G) Curtis (C) loew
We were good, ya know 

Solo:  (C)(C/B)(Am)(G)(F)(G)(C)

We got some (C) discount (C/B) knowledge at the (Am) junior (G) college
Where we (F) majored in (G) beer and (C) girls
It was all real (C/B) funny till we (Am) ran  out of (G) money
And they (F) threw us out (G) into the (C) world
Yeah, the kids that (C/B) thought they'd (Am) run this town
Ain't (F) runnin much of (G) any (C) thing
We're just lovin and (C/B) laughin
And (Am) busting our (G) asses
And we (F) call it all, (G) livin the (C) dream

Chorus:
These are my (F) people (G)
This is where (C) I come from
We're (F) givin this life every (G) thing we've got and (C) then some
(F) It ain't always (G) pretty
But it's (C) real
That's the (C) way we were (C/B) made
Wouldn't (Am) have it any (G) other (F) way
These are my (C) people

Solo:   (C)(C/B)(Am)(G)(F)(G)(C)

Well we (C) take it (C/B) all week on the (Am) chin with a (G) grin
Till we (F) make it to a (G) Friday (C) night
And it's (C/B) church league softball holler (Am) bout a bad call
(G) Preacher breakin up a (F) fight
Then (G) later on at the green light (C) tavern
Well everybody's gatherin as (C/B) friends
And the (Am) beer is (G) pouring till Monday (F) mornin
(C/B) Where we (Am) start all over (G) again

Chorus:
These are my (F) people (G)
This is where (C) I come from
We're (F) givin this life every (G) thing we've got and (C) then some
(F) It ain't always (G) pretty
But it's (C) real
That's the (C) way we were (C/B) made
Wouldn't (Am) have it any (G) other (F) way
These are my (C) people

We (C) fall (G) down and we get up
We walk (F) proud and we talk tough
We (C) got (G) heart and we got nerve
(F) Even if we are a (G) bit disturbed

Solo:   (C)(C/B)(Am)(G)(F)(G)(C)

Chorus:
These are my (F) people (G)
This is where (C) I come from
We're (F) givin this life every (G) thing we've got and (C) then some
(F) It ain't always (G) pretty
But it's (C) real
That's the (C) way we were (C/B) made
Wouldn't (Am) have it any (G) other (F) way oh naw
These are my (C) people

Outro:  (C)(C/B)(Am)(G)(F

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