INTRO: Em Em VERSE: Em This song ain't for everybody Em Till everybody that don't know Em But a seed got planted when a song got sung That a Hillbilly Bluesman wrote C Country and music was born Em Like a tree in the dirt C Cmaj7 And it came up strong C And down-to-earth CHORUS: N.C. D It's all about the branching out Em Everybody bein' original D Pull it up what's in the ground Em Made down in Tennessee D We're getting a little too far from the Em Three chords and the truth part of it C Forgetting where the roots are D Em Em Is gonna k*ll the tree VERSE: Em Some songs ain't for everybody So what about folks like me? Em Whose life soundtrack Ain't some watered down hip hop melody C I'm all about getting somewhere (getting somewhere) Em Don't break just bend C But I'm scared we're getting somewhere D Em A little too far out on a limb CHORUS: D It's all about the branching out Em Everybody bein' original D Pull it up what's in the ground Em Made down in Tennessee, yeah D We're getting a little too far from the Em Three chords and the truth part of it C Forgetting where their roots are D Em D C D Em D C D Em D C You're gonna k*ll the tree CHORUS: D It's all about the branching out Em Everybody bein' original D Forgetting what it's all about Em And what it used to be, yeah D We're getting a little too far from the Em The three chords and the truth part C Forgetting where their roots are D Em Is gonna k*ll the tree OUTRO: C If we forget where the roots are D Em Em We're gonna k*ll the tree D Em Em We gonna k*ll the tree
