Pocahontas Proud chords by Gretchen Wilson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D

Verse 1:
D
I was raised in Pocahontas Illinois
Everybody thought of me as on of the boys
          A            G          D
Cause I'd run with the crowd that tough

Verse 2:
D
At 15 I was tendin? big O?s bar
And I'd sing till 2am for a half-full tip jar
           A            G               D
Spent my youth singin truth and payin dues

       A                          G              D
I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my home town
A                  G            D
And I'll be damned if I'm gonna let ?em down
A                             G
If it's the last thing that I do
            D   A  G  D   A
Before they lay me in the ground
                                   D
You know I'm gonna make Pocahontas proud

Verse:
D
And I knocked on every door on music row
They looked down to me and said,
                            A           G
?Girl go back home you aint got what we need
        D
In this town"

(Key Change)
E
They couldn?t whoop the fightin? side of me
                            N.C.           B
Where I come from we don't give up easily over night
            A          E
Took all my life to be found

Chorus:
B                          A              E
I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my home town
B                  A            E
And I'll be damned if I'm gonna let ?em down
B                             A
If it's the last thing that I do
            E   B  A  E   B
Before they lay me in the ground
                                   E    E B
You know I'm gonna make Pocahontas proud

Instrumental:
E A E B

Verse:
E
At 27 I had baby Grace
I was born again when I saw her sweet face
      B                 A
And I knew, she was the greatest
               E
Thing I'd ever do

Chorus: x2
B                          A              E
I'm the biggest thing that ever came from my home town
B                  A            E
And I'll be damned if I'm gonna let ?em down
B                             A
If it's the last thing that I do
            E   B  A  E   B
Before they lay me in the ground
                                   E    E B
You know I'm gonna make Pocahontas proud

Break:
E

Bridge:
E                          A
I was raised in Pocahontas Illinois

Outro:
E A  E B  (Repeat over adlib until fade)