Chords with lyrics
Intro: (Finger picking + strumming. Listen to the song for timing, it's rather fast paced):
E MajorE
e|---------0------------0:| e|------0---0---0---|
BB|------0-------0-0h2-2--:| BB|-0----------------|
G+G|-----1-----1-1---------:| G+G|1-----------------|
D MajorD|-2--2------------------:| D MajorD|----2---2---2---2-|
A augmentedA|-2---------------------:| A augmentedA|--2-2---2---2---2-|
E MajorE|-0-0---0---------------:|(x3)E|--0-0---0---0---0-|(Strumming starts)
Harmonica solo:
A augmentedA E MajorE BB E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE BB E MajorE (Just like chorus)
Verse 1:
BB E MajorE
Deep down in the pines where the world has forgotten was still alive
BB E MajorE
Where the dirt roads twist along for no more than a mile
A augmentedA E MajorE
Where the old man’s bar marks the center of town, and the county was never dry
(E MajorE) BB E MajorE
Where the people will go, where the people will stay, Where they live until they die
Verse 2:
BB E MajorE
Well I knew a guy, his name was Ricky McCoy, An ass kicking bass fishing good ol’ boy
BB E MajorE
And he can build a fire in 10 seconds flat, And he can ride a bull even longer than that
A augmentedA E MajorE
Well he was only 15 when he dropped out of school, he said ‘I never been a genius, but I ain’t no fool
(E MajorE) BB E MajorE
I know what I want, and I’mma get it in life, and I ain’t never gonna leave this place’
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
He said ‘Man I ain’t never gonna leave this place, it’s where I’s (was) born, It’s where I’s raised
BB E MajorE
And when I’m old on my dying bed I pray this is where I’m gonna lay my head
A augmentedA E MajorE
I got me a town I can call my home, I got me a place I can call my own
(E MajorE) BB E MajorE
I told you once and I’mma say it again: I ain’t never gonna leave this place’
Verse 3:
BB E MajorE
Well Jessie was a young girl who grew up fast, she used to make her money lying down on her back
BB E MajorE
Her daddy drank whiskey till he’s numb in the head, he’d beat her every night until the day he was dead
A augmentedA E MajorE
Well she was just an only child with nowhere to go, in the same square mile where her seeds were sewn
(E MajorE) BB E MajorE
‘If there’s more to life, I guess I’ll never know cause I ain’t ever gonna leave this place’
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
She said ‘Man I ain’t never gonna leave this place, it’s where I’s born, It’s where I’s raised
BB E MajorE
And when I’m old on my dying bed I pray this is where I’m gonna lay my head
A augmentedA E MajorE
I got me a town I can call my home, I got me a place I can call my own
(E MajorE) BB E MajorE
I told you once and I’mma say it again: I ain’t never gonna leave this place’
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Man I ain’t never gonna leave this place, it’s where I’s born, It’s where I’s raised
BB E MajorE
And when I’m old on my dying bed I pray this is where I’m gonna lay my head
A augmentedA E MajorE
I got me a town I can call my home, I got me a place I can call my own
(E MajorE) BB E MajorE
I told you once and I’mma say it again: I ain’t never gonna leave this place.
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