Tom: G
INTRO:
Am G D D
VERSE:
Am
It was soda cans and pellet guns
G
Running through a briar patch and getting cut up
D
Same ol' jeans and they all tore up
D
It's 25-8 got to get it out the slumps
Am
Sittin' 'round a barrel while you watch a flame flicker
G
A highway's cool but a dirt roads thicker
D
Head to the back with a full tank of gas
D
Windows rolled down, foot heavy on the gas
PD-C HORUS:
Am
And when the dirt road's calling my name
G
It's something that I just cant shake
D
Riding down through the water,
D
Ripples in the hollers
D
Blame it on the way I was raised
CHORUS:
Am
'Cause I was raised on handed down land
G
I was brought up readin' them words in red
D
A man only eats by the work he did
D C
And you don't stop till the sun drops
Am
Yeah I was raised up like a bass outta the creek
G
And my roots run deep like that old oak tree
D
A lot of things change but you can't change me
D C Am G D D C
No, it ain't much, but it's how I was raised up
VERSE:
Am
Momma said don't grow up fast
G
You're only young once so make it last
D
Like a last sip of whiskey in that flask
D
Or the last Marlboro in that pack
Am
Fire only burns till you run out of gas
G
And the lights turned off and the clock turns past
D
No time on earth, now you're in the dirt
D
'Cause that's where you started first
PD-C HORUS:
Am
I love the way that a porch swing sings
G
Like the sound of Amazing Grace
D
Like a bobber on the water
D
Sunday at the altar
D
Some things just don't change
CHORUS:
Am
'Cause I was raised on handed down land
G
I was brought up readin' them words in red
D
A man only eats by the work he did
D C
And you don't stop till the sun drops
Am
Yeah I was raised up like a bass outta the creek
G
And my roots run deep like that old oak tree
D
A lot of things change but you can't change me
D C Am G D D C
No, it ain't much, but it's how I was raised up
BDA K:
Am
It was riding around town
Brooks and Dunn on the speakers
G
It was fishing in the woods
And not a spying with the skeeters
D
Sleeping on a Sunday morn
Momma come and woke me up
D
Told me it was shit
I wanted up I had to get it
CHORUS:
Am
'Cause I was raised on handed down land
G
I was brought up readin' them words in red
D
A man only eats by the work he did
D C
And you don't stop, till the sun drops
Am
Yeah I was raised up like a bass outta the creek
G
And my roots run deep like that old oak tree
D
A lot of things change but you can't change me
D C Am G D D Am
No, it ain't much, but it's how I was raised up
