Capo on 1
Tuning: Standard

Intro: F#m, D, A, E


[CHORUS]
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                    A 
 We're lighting one up, feel the love
      E
 We wouldn't be here without ya
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                         A
 Mix it strong, pour it out no doubt
          E
 We're always thinking about ya
F#m    D 
    Whoa. Ain't gonna let you down
A      E
    Whoa. Just wanna make you proud
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                 A
 My people back home
                 E
 My people back home

     F#m
 See this one's for my people
             D    
 From the backwoods to the steeple
           A
 From my daddy and that preacher man
        E
 That taught me to run from evil
           F#m
 From the people that I'm still so cool with
           D
 And the people that I went to school with
           A                                    
 From the boys I ran around and 
                E
 stomped them grounds and broke them rules with
 F#m                               D
 This one's for my family and the way that I was raised
              A                             E
 And now my life's another city, another picture, another stage
       F#m
 But I hope you know I miss ya
      D
 And part of me's still with ya
           A                        E
 And no matter where I go or what I do I won't forget ya


[CHORUS]
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                    A
 We're lighting one up, feel the love
       E
 We wouldn't be here without ya
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                         A
 Mix it strong, pour it out no doubt
         E
 We're always thinking about ya
F#m    D
    Whoa. Ain't gonna let you down
A      E
    Whoa. Just wanna make you proud
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                  A
 My people back home
                 E
 My people back home

 F#m
 This is for the one's who believed in me
          D
 For the ones who took the time to breathe the life in me
     A
 You got my heart beating inside of me
      E
 You made me what I tried to be
         F#m
 For the ones that love my music
                D
 Said you could do it, if you choose this
          A
 So we dreamed big and we worked hard
         E
 Now we got the whole world cruisin'


[CHORUS]
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                    A
 We're lighting one up, feel the love
       E
 We wouldn't be here without ya
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                         A
 Mix it strong, pour it out no doubt
         E
 We're always thinking about ya
F#m    D
    Whoa. Ain't gonna let you down
A      E
    Whoa. Just wanna make you proud
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                 A
 My people back home
                 E
 My people back home


 Guitar Solo: F#m, D, A, E

         F#m
 For my brother and my sister
         D
 For my mama yeah I miss her
          A
 For the one that got away
   E
 Dayum, I should have kissed her
        F#m
 For my best friends and my cousins
           D
 And that town that we grew up in
         A
 If it wasn't for all of ya'll
  E
 This ole boy would be nothing

F#m                               D
 You're running through our hearts
                          A
 You did it from the start
                        E
 Yeah you know who you are
F#m                         D
 You're in every song I sing
                              A 
 You're in every dream I dream
                            E
 You're the beat inside of me


[CHORUS]
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                    A
 We're lighting one up, feel the love
       E
 We wouldn't be here without ya
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                         A
 Mix it strong, pour it out no doubt
         E
 We're always thinking about ya
F#m   D
   Whoa. Ain't gonna let you down
A     E
   Whoa. Just wanna make you proud
 F#m                         D
 This is for my people back home
                 A
 My people back home
                 E
 My people back home

F#m                     D
   Yeah my people back home
                   A
   My people back home
                   E
   My people back home  (repeat til end of song)