(G) G D C (spoken "2-3-4") G D Em C, G D C G D Well this life that I've lived Em C Has took me everywhere G D C There ain't no place I ain't never gone G D But it's kinda like the sayin Em C That you heard so many times G D C Well there just ain't no place like home GDC G D Em C Did you ever see a she-gator protect her youngins G D C Or the fish in a river swiwin free G D Em C Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina G D C Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennesee G D C And lord I can't make any changes G D C All I can do is write 'em in a song G D Em C Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin G D C Lord take me and mine before that comes GDC GDC G D C Like to see the mountain stream a flowing Do you like to see a youngin with his dog G D Em C Did you ever stop and think about well the air you're breathing G D C Well you better listen to my song And lord I can't make any changes All I can do is write 'em in a song Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin Lord take me and mine before it comes (key change to A for piano solo) A E D (played 4x) (back to G) G D C I'm not tryin to put down no big city But the things they write about us is just a bore G D Em C You can take a boy out of old Dixieland G D C But you'll never take Dixie from a boy G D C And lord I can't make any changes All I can do is write 'em in a song G D Em C Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin G D C Lord take me and mine before that comes G D Am C Yes well I can see the concrete a slowly creeping G D C Lord take me and mine before that comes.