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 
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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  F#m  G  D (x2) 
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A  G  D  E 
 
        A            G 
You see God sent the heavens down 
     D              E               A 
And hung 'em 'round my neck of the woods