These Are My People Chords by Rodney Atkins

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Then we [G] grew up down by the railroad [F] track shooting BBs and [C] old beer cans.
[G] Choking on the smoke from a lucky strike somebody [F] lifted off [C] of his old man.
We were football [Am] flunkies, southern [C] rock [F] junkies cranking up the [C]
[G] stereos.
Singing loud and proud to gimme [C] three steps, Simple Man and Curtis Lowe.
We were good you know.
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Got some discount knowledge at the [G] junior [C] college where we majored in beer and girls.
It was [G] all real funny till we [Dm] ran out [F] of money and they threw us [C] out into the world.
Yeah the kids that thought they'd run [G] this town [F] ain't a running much of [C] anything.
Just loving [G] and laughing [Am] and busting [G] our asses [F] and we call it all living [C] the dream.
These [F] are my people, [G] this is where [C] I come [Am] from.
[F] We're giving this [G] life everything we've [C] got and [G] then [Am] some.
[G] It ain't [F] always pretty, [G] _ [C] but it's [G] real.
_ [G] [C] It's the way we [G] were made, [F] wouldn't have it any other way.
These are [C] my [G] people.
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Well we take [G] it all week [Am] on the chin [G] with a grin [F] till we make it to a [C] Friday night.
And it's [G] church league [Am] softball, [G] holler about a [F] bad call, preacher breaking [C] up the fight.
Then [G] later [Am] on at the [G] Green Light [F] Tavern well everybody's [C] gathering as friends.
And [G] the beers are [Am] pouring till [G] Monday [F] morning and we start it [C] all over again.
These are [F] my people, _ [G] this is where [C] I come [Am] from.
[F] We're giving [G] this life everything we've got [C] and then [G]
[Am] some.
[G] It ain't [F] always pretty, [G] _ [C] but it's [G] real.
[Am] _ [G] It's the way we were [F] made, wouldn't [C] have it any [F] other way.
[C] These are my people.
[G] We fall down and we get up.
We walk [F] around and we talk to us.
[C] We [G] got heart and we got nerves.
_ [F] And even if we are a bit disturbed, [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G]
come [F] on.
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[F] These are my people, [Ab] [G] this [C] is where I come [A]
from.
[G] [F] We're giving this life [G] everything we've got [C] and then [G]
some.
It ain't [F] always pretty, [G] but [C] it's real.
_ [Fm] It's the [G] way we were [F] made, wouldn't have it any other way.
_ [D] [C] These are my people.
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