IntroG - C - DVerse 1CG
On a three hour flight from Memphis to LACG
I was silently celebrating my first class upgrade
DCG
Laughing at my jeans and my boots
CD
Beside those high dollar shoes and Armani suits
Verse 2CG
When the gentlemen next to me said the drinks up here are free
CG
So if you like, the first one can be on me
DCG
He said I'm heading back from business in New York and Rome
CD
Tell me son, where do you call home?
Chorus 1GC
I said I'm from the front pew of a wooden white church
GCA courthouse clock that still don't work
GEmD
Where a man's word means everything
GC
Where moms and dads were high school flings
GC
And gave their children grandmothers maiden names
GD
Yes it may not sound like much
DGD
But it's where I'm from
Verse 3CG
So we drank that round, and then another
CG
There wasnt a topic in this world we did not cover
DCG
He said I headed out west when I was barely nineteen
CD
Just a kid chasing my dreams
Verse 4CG
And I said Im flying out here to pick up my big brother
CG
Hes been fighting the cancer they discovered
DCG
But he called last night and said I think this is the end
CD
So come take me home to my family and my friends
Chorus 2GC
Where the quarterback dates the homecoming queen
GC
The truck's a ford and the tractor's green
GEm DC
And amazing grace is what we sing
GC
Theres a county fair every fall
GC
And your friends are there no matter when you call
GD
It may not sound like much
DGD
But it's where I'm from
Verse 5
Em
And as we stood to claim the bags we checked
D
He said I'll pray for your brother and did I mention that
GC
Italian suits havent always been my style
Em
See I was the quarterback of my high school team
D
We took state back in sixty three
CD
And my wife, shes still my homecoming queen
Chorus 3GC
Cuz Im from the front pew of a wooden white church
GCA courthouse clock that still dont work
GEmC
Where a man's word means everything
GC
Where moms and dads were high school flings
GC
And gave their children grandmothers maiden names
GD
Yes it may not sound like much
CD
I said it may not sound like much
DGC
But it's where I'm from
DGC
It's where I'm from
DG CD
It's where I'm from
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