Alabama – Down Home (Guitar)

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By Alabama Date: December 11, 2002 By: Charles Brooks, [email protected]
G               D 
Just off of the beaten path

C                  D 
A little dot on a state road map

C                  D                 G
That's where I was born & where I'll die

G                 D 
Things move at a slower pace

C             D 
Nobody's in a rat race

  C                       D             G
And these days that's a special way to fly
Chorus
C    G                                    C                D  
Down Home where they know you by name and treat you like family

C    G                               C                 D 
Down Home a man's good word & a handshake are all you need

C     Em                                    C                 A         
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on

G                  C   D    G
Those of us raised up Down Home

G                    D
In the corner of a hardware store

C                  D 
Gathered round a checker board

C               D                G
Old men telling lies & crowning kings

G                     D  
Kids drivin round the old town square

C                       D
Tops rolled down in the cool nite air

C                 D                   G
Go & see what's shakin at the Dairy Queen

C    G                                    C                D  
Down Home where they know you by name and treat you like family

C    G                               C                 D 
Down Home a man's good word & a handshake are all you need

C     Em                                    C                 A         
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on

G                  C   D    G
Those of us raised up Down Home

C             D              G                  C                  
When I was a boy I couldn't wait to leave this place

    D            C               D
But now I wanna see my children raised

C    G          C      D
Down Home 

C    G          C      D 
Down Home 

C     Em                                    C                 A
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on

G                  C   D    G                     
Those of us raised up Down Home

                                 C              D
Where they know you by name and treat you like family

C     G                          C                     D     
Down Home a man's good word & a handshake are all you need

C     Em                                   C                  A 
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on

G                  C   D    G  
Those of us raised up Down Home

C    G       C   D
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