Detroit Proud chords by Nate Jones

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro
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Well every town has it s ups and downs
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And there s still more to be comin? round
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So we ll drive our way, we ll say it loud
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We re built Ford tough and we re Detroit proud

Verses
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Well, I was headed down to Detroit one day
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And the wind almost blew my car away
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I slid and I swerved and I just missed a truck
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If you were in the car you might have heard me yell a curse word

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Now all of that slidin put me into the ditch
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And my axle was bent so I started to hitch
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Now, everyone knows this Ain t the safest city
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The air was bitter cold and my cell service was non existent

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I walked I-94 passt a big ?ole tire
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The cars flew by must of been an hour
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At this point the cold had worn through my boots
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(STOP) And my hand it was stuck in a one finger salute

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When a white and blue Ford, ?round an ?85 Ranger
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Pulled up along side me, I heard ?hop in stranger?
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I climbed on in, over the roar of the engine heard
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?Looks cold out there, my name s Curtis Benson?

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Now Curtis told me stories some maybe not true
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But his leather brown hands had seen a time or two
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I was so cold I just let him talk
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If anything, hell, it sure beat the walk

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Old Curtis he said

(Palm Muted)
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?I worked the assembly line my whole life
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Lost a son to a war, cancer took my wife
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Summer of ?67 worse than you can imagine
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Watched this town s politicians take the cake and the bag men?

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But I keep on rolling just like this old truck
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In the Spirit of Detroit, I learned to take a punch
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Now they say this town s coming back and I m thinking
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I could use a smooth ride
(STOP) maybe I ll trade for a Lincoln.?


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Well every town has it s ups and downs
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And there s still more to be comin? round
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So we ll drive our way, we ll say it loud
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We re built Ford tough and we re Detroit proud

Final Verse
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Now, Curtis dropped me off in front of Central Station
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My heart was filled with jubilation
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As we drove the brick streets of Michigan 12
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I saw the old and the new, (RING OUT) and I thought to myself?


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Well every town has it s ups and downs
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And there s still more to be comin? round
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So we ll drive our way, we ll say it loud
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We re built Ford tough and we re Detroit proud

Ending
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