Intro: G C  D  G  C  G  
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      G 
After driving all night Daddy stopped the car 
      D/F#
Said, "Wake up kids, here we are 
        C             D
This is our new home"  
          G
From that Oldsmobile all I could see 
       D/F#
Was an ocean of fields out in front of me 
   C                         D
It just rolled on, on and on 
Em                D/F#               C
Daddy crossed the fence and he knelt down 
Em                    D/F#              C
Filled his hands with rich farmland and said 
N.C.
"This is good ground" 
     G 
   I had it all underneath my feet 
             D/F#
   There was room to grow - there was time to breathe 
       Em                          D
   And dreams stretched high under summer skies 
           G
   This is where I'm from - this is who I am 
   D/F#
   Down these roads I became a man 
               Em                    D
   And they're calling me - where my roots run deep 
   G/B  C      D
   Deep down - this is good ground 
G  C  D  G  C  G  
 
G 
Mama had me diggin' in her flower bed 
D/F#
There it was an arrowhead 
          C                          D
And all I wanted to be, was Cherokee  
G
Seasons change and childhood goes 
D/F#                              C
I laid down my homemade bow for a brown-eyed girl 
                     D
She changed my world  
Em           D/F#              C
I learned to drive so we could ride around 
Em          D/F#          C
We made the sweetest memories in it 
N.C.
On good ground 
     G
   I had it all underneath my feet 
             D/F#
   There was room to grow - there was time to breathe 
       Em                          D
   And dreams stretched high under summer skies 
           G
   This is where I'm from - this is who I am 
   D/F#
   Down these roads I became a man 
               Em                  D
   And they're calling me where my roots run deep 
   G/B  C      D
   Deep down - this is good ground 
  G
I drove all night then I stopped the car 
      D/F#
Said, "Wake up kids, here we are 
        C
This is our new home 
                    D
It's been too long"  
G
Crossed that fence and I knelt down 
      D/F#
Said, "Everybody gather 'round 
C                    N.C.
Hold out your hands, this is good ground" 
          G
   You've got it all underneath your feet 
           D/F#
   There's room to grow - there's time to breathe 
       Em                        D
   And dreams stretch high under summer skies 
           G
   This is where I'm from - this is who I am 
   D/F#
   Down these roads I became a man 
               Em                  D
   And they're calling me where my roots run deep 
   G/B  C      D
   Deep down - this is good ground 
 
Repeat Intro and Fade Out