Intro 2x: G5 D5 E5 C5 G5 D5 E5 C5 Well this life that I've lead has took me everywhere G5 D5 C5 There ain't no place I ain't never gone G5 D5 E5 C5 But its kind of like the saying that you heard so many times G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 E5 C5 Well there just ain't no place like home G5 D5 E5 C5 Did you ever see a she-gator protect her young G5 D5 C5 Or a fish in a river swimming free G5 D5 E5 C5 Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina G5 D5 C5 Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennessee G5 D5 C5 And Lord I can't make any changes G5 D5 C5 All I can do is write 'em in a song G5 D5 E5 C5 I can see the concrete slowly creepin' G5 D5 C5 Lord take me and mine before that comes ( G5 D5 E5 C5 ) (2x) G5 D5 C5 Do you like to see a mountain stream a-flowin' G5 D5 C5 Do you like to see a youngun with his dog G5 D5 E5 C5 Did you ever stop to think about, well, the air your breathin' G5 D5 C5 Well you better listen to my song G5 D5 C5 And Lord I can't make any changes G5 D5 C5 All I can do is write 'em in a song G5 D5 E5 C5 I can see the concrete slowly creepin' G5 D5 C5 Lord take me and mine before that comes ( A5 E5 F5 D5 ) (4x) G5 D5 C5 I'm not tryin' to put down no big cities G5 D5 C5 But the things they write about us is just a bore G5 D5 E5 C5 Well you can take a boy out of ol' Dixieland G5 D5 C5 But you'll never take ol' Dixie from a boy G5 D5 C5 And Lord I can't make any changes G5 D5 C5 All I can do is write 'em in a song G5 D5 E5 C5 I can see the concrete slowly creepin' G5 D5 C5 Lord take me and mine before that comes G5 D5 E5 C5 'Cause I can see the concrete slowly creepin' G5 D5 C5 Lord take me and mine before that comes