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[Verse 1]

           C               F
Well, it's been a long time
        C             G
Since I flew past that welcome sign
            C                  F
Smelled the sweet of them  pines
              C              G
And it's honeysuckle, belt buckle paradise
         C                F
Oh, that wrap-around town  you thought that you owned
          C                       G
Where you learned how to live, yeah, until you got gone
        C                         F
And you think that you change, but you find that you don't
           C                  G
'Cause you can't outrun what you're raised up on


[Chorus]
C/E                F
You can't take the good out of the good ol' boy
C            G
Can't fake a slow, steady, heavy drawl
C/E          F
Don't know a day without breaking out
C                     G
Some "Hell yeah," some "Yes, ma'am," some "Hey, y'all"
C/E             F
Good Lord's the first one you thank
         C              G
When your ride-or-die's beside you with gas in the tank
C/E           F                        C
You might not stay, but you don't ever leave
G                        C/E     F     C     G
When your down home runs deep


[Verse 2]
C                  F
Those Friday night lights
        C                     G
They're shining just a little bit brighter now
         C           F
And that cotton ball sky
          C                       G
Looks the same, but there's a few more looking down
      C                      F                           G
And I hope that I'm making 'em proud and I'm showing 'em how
          G
Yeah, I'm showing 'em how

[Chorus]
C/E                F
You can't take the good out of the good ol' boy
C            G
Can't fake a slow, steady, heavy drawl
C/E          F
Don't know a day without breaking out
C                     G
Some "Hell yeah," some "Yes, ma'am," some "Hey, y'all"
C/E             F
Good Lord's the first one you thank
         C              G
When your ride-or-die's beside you with gas in the tank
C/E           F                        C
You might not stay, but you don't ever leave
G                        C/E     F     C     G
When your down home runs deep


[Bridge]
           C           F
Well, that wrap-around town you thought that you owned
          C                         G
Where you learned how to live, yeah, until you got gone
        C                      F
And you think that you change, but you find that you don't
           C                 G
'Cause you can't outrun what you're raised up on


[Chorus]
C/E                F
You can't take the good out of the good ol' boy
C            G
Can't fake a slow, steady, heavy drawl
C/E          F
Don't know a day without breaking out
C                     G
Some "Hell yeah," some "Yes, ma'am," some "Hey, y'all"
C/E             F
Good Lord's the first one you thank
         C              G
When your ride-or-die's beside you with gas in the tank
C/E           F                        C
You might not stay, but you don't ever leave
G                        C/E     F     C
When your down home runs deep
G                        C/E     F     C     G
When your down home runs deep