Where I Come From chords by Alan Jackson

Lead in: 4/4time- E   A   E   A   E   A   B7   A   E

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Well I was rollin? wheels and shiftin? gears round that Jersey Turnpike
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When Barney stopped me with his gun ten minutes after midnight
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Said sir you broke the limit in that rusty ol? truck
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I don't know about that accent son, just where do you come from?

Chorus:
Lick starts
        E                      A
 I said where I come from it's cornbread and chicken
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Where I come from lot of front porch sittin?
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Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
       B7                     A            E
Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from

Verse II:
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Well I was south of Detroit city, pulled in this country kitchen
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To try their brand of barbeque the sign said finger lickin?
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Well I paid the tab and the lady asked me how'd I like my biscuit
        G                        E
I'll be honest with you ma?am it ain't like mama fixed it



Chorus:
Lick starts
       Ĕ                                 A
 Cause where I come from it's cornbread and chicken
 E                                   A
Where I come from lot of front porch pickin?
 E                                 A
Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
 B7                           A            E
Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from


Verse III:
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I was chasin? sun on 101 somewhere around Ventura
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I lost a universal joint and I had to use my finger
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This tall lady stopped and asked if I had plans for dinner
     G                                      E
Said no thanks ma?am, back home we like the girls that sing soprano

Chorus:
Lick starts
       Ĕ                                    A
 Cause where I come from it's cornbread and chicken
   E                                 A
Where I come from lot of front porch sittin?
    E                              A
Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
        B7                    A            E
Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from




Verse IV:
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Well I was headed home on 65 somewhere around Kentucky
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The CB rang for a bobtail rig that?s rollin? on like thunder
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Well I answered him and he asked me aren?t you from out in Tulsa
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No, but you might?a seen me there I just dropped a load of salsa


Chorus:
Lick starts
Ĕ                                   A
Where I come from it's cornbread and chicken
E                                       A
Where I come from lot of front porch sittin?
     E                      A
Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
        B7                    A            E
Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from

Chorus:
Lick starts
          Ĕ                                   A
I said where I come from it's cornbread and chicken
E                                   A
Where I come from lot of back porch pickin?
     E                      A
Where I come from tryin? to make a livin?
B7                            A            E
Workin? hard to get to heaven where I come from
A            E     A            E
Where I come from, where I come from

          E                                        A
Yeah, where I come from a lot of front porch sittin?
 B7               A                                     E
Starin? up at heaven where I come from
A                    E         A                    E
Where I come from, where I come from
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