Intro G5 C5 D5 G5 G5 C5 D5 G5 I grew up two hours north of Birmingham G5 C5 D5 G5 Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam G5 C5 D5 G5 He told some stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant D5 C5 D5 G5 When I got a little older, I wouldn't and now Daddy can't Chorus C5 D5 G5 So I thank God for the TVA C5 D5 G5 Thank God for the TVA G5 C5 D5 G5 G5 E5 Where me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray C5 D5 G5 Thank God for the TVA G5 C5 D5 G5 When I was 15, me and my girl sat out on the lock G5 C5 D5 G5 Watchin' the raccoons and terrapins dance on rocks G5 C5 D5 G5 She let me put my hand up under her shirt D5 C5 D5 G5 I wanted her to want me so bad, it hurt Chorus C5 D5 G5 So I thank God for the TVA C5 D5 G5 Thank God for the TVA G5 C5 D5 G5 G5 E5 Where me and my baby used to lay around and wait on the day C5 D5 G5 Thank God for the TVA Intro 3 Times, then D5 C5 D5 G5 G5 C5 D5 G5 My granddaddy told me when he was just 7 or so G5 C5 D5 G5 His daddy lost work and they didn't have a row to hoe G5 C5 D5 G5 Not too much to eat for 7 boys and 3 girls D5 C5 D5 G5 All lived in a tent, a bunch of sharecroppers versus the world G5 C5 D5 G5 So his momma sat down and wrote a letter to FDR G5 C5 D5 G5 Then a couple days later, a couple of country men came in a car G5 C5 D5 G5 Rolled out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow D5 C5 D5 G5 And he helped build the damn, gave power to most the South Chorus C5 D5 G5 So I thank God for the TVA C5 D5 G5 Thank God for the TVA G5 C5 D5 G5 G5 E5 Where Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day's pay C5 D5 G5 Thank God for the TVA
