Tuned 1/2 Step Down to sound like the recording, but if you don't want to tune down you can play it with the Capo on 3 and play in the key of C (C - F - Am - F). Intro: E - A - C#m - A E You get your hands in it, Plant your roots in it A C#m A Dusty head lights dance with your boots in it E You write her name on it, Spin your tires on it A Build your corn field, whiskey Bonfires on it C#m A You bet your life on it E It's that elm shade Red roads clay you grew up on A That plowed up ground That your dad Damned his luck on C#m That post game party field You circled up on A And when it rains You get stuck on E Drift a cloud back Behind county roads That you run up A The mud on her jeans That she peeled off And hung up C#m A Her blue eyed Summer time smile Looks so good that it hurts C#m Makes you wanna build A 10 percent down, B E - A - C#m - A White picket fence house on this dirt E You?ve mixed some sweat with it Taken a shovel to it A You?ve stuck some crosses and some painted Goal posts through it C#m A You know you came from it, And some day you?ll return to this E Elm shade red roads clay You grew up on A That plowed up ground That your dad Damned his luck on C#m That post game party field You circled up on A And when it rains You get stuck on E Drift a cloud back Behind county roads That you run up A The mud on her jeans That she peeled off And hung up C#m A Her blue eyed Summer time smile Looks so good that it hurts C#m Makes you wanna build A 10 percent down, B E - A White picket fence house on this dirt C#m A You know you came from it, and Some day you'll return to this E Elm shade red roads clay You grew up on A That plowed up ground That your dad Damned his luck on C#m That post game party field You circled up on A And when it rains You get stuck on E Drift a cloud back Behind county roads That you run up A The mud on her jeans That she peeled off And hung up C#m A Her blue eyed Summer time smile Looks so good that it hurts C#m Makes you wanna build A 10 percent down, B E White picket fence house on this dirt C#m Makes you wanna build A 10 percent down, B E - A White picket fence house on this dirt C#m A E You know you came from it, and some day you'll return to it.