Intro: A F#m G D (x2)
A F#m G D
Grandpa's down by the two lane in the blazing sun or the pouring rain
A F#m G
Sells tomatoes from the back of his pickup truck
A F#m
Reads the Bible line for line
G D
While sipping on some home-made wine
A F#m G
That's who he is and what he does, yeah he's just like us
A F#m G D
A F#m G D
My Dad's got a crippled hand, a casualty of Vietnam
A F#m G
But he's still down at the sawmill every day
A F#m
Oh and first thing 'fore the break of dawn
G D
Mama's got his eggs and the coffee on
A F#m G
My whole life it's been that way
D
We come from back in the hollers
E
We got sweat on our blue collars
A D
The living's hard but the living's good
A G
You see God sent the heavens down
D E A
And hung 'em 'round my neck of the woods
A F#m G D
A F#m G D
Just as sure as the river flows we take care of our own
A F#m G
Step right up when someone needs a friend
A F#m
Last year on the Johnson farm
G D
A fire wiped out the house and barn
A F#m G
The whole town showed up to build 'em back again, alright
CHORUS
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A G
You see God sent the heavens down
D E A
And hung 'em 'round my neck of the woods