Where I Grew Up by Kenny Chesney
Key: GG | Capo: 4fr |  Left-Handed 

    


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There's still marks on the pantry door of that little house
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Where Mama used to measure us
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I'm proud to say that's my home where I was raised
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But that ain't where I grew up
 
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See, I gained a little on Father Time
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The summer my Granddaddy died
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The first time I saw Mama cry
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Man, that sure was tough
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Felt like I put on a few years
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Watching Daddy wipe her tears
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In my little coat and tie standing in that cemetery mud
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That's where I grew up
 
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My senior year, a case of beer out on the river bank
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Getting a head start on twenty one
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That's the place that made me feel just like a man
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But that ain't where I grew up
 
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See I gained a little on Father Time
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That night I crossed that center line
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I bet I rolled a dozen times
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Next thing I knew I was waking up upside down
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Praying God just get me out
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Then I hit my knees beside what was left of my truck
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Hey, that's where I grew up
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You learn as you go, that's how you grow
 
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See, I gained a little on Father Time
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When me and her, had our first big fight
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I said some things, I made her cry
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She packed all her stuff
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The boy in me said let her go
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But the man in me said pull her close
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It was time to find out which one I was
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Standing in a doorway holding on to love
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That's where I grew up oh that’s where I grew up