Where I Come From Chords by Alan Jackson

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_ _ Lots of rolling wheels and shifting [A] gears around that Jersey [E] turnpike.
Barney stopped me with his gun [A] ten minutes [E] after midnight.
Said, sir, you broke the [A] limit in this rusty old [B] truck.
[A] I don't know about that accent, [B] son, just where did you [G] come from?
I [E] said, where I come from, [A] it's [B] cornbread and chicken.
[E] Where I come from, a [A] lot of front [B] porch sitting.
[E] Where I come from, [A] trying to [B] make a living.
[D] Working hard to [A] get to heaven.
Where I [Em] come from.
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[Em] _ _ I south of Detroit [A] City, pulled in this [B] country kitchen.
[E] Try their brand of [A] barbecues, science and [Bm] finger licking.
[E] I paid the tab and the [A] lady asked me how'd I like [Bm] my biscuit.
[A] I'll be honest with you, ma [B]'am, it ain't like mama [E] fixed it.
That's where I come [Em] from, [A] it's [B] cornbread and [E] chicken.
Where I come from, a [A] lot of front [Bm] porch sitting.
[E] Where I come from, trying to [B] make a [C#] living.
[D] And working hard to [A] get to heaven.
Where [B] I come [E] from. _ _ _
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_ _ I was chasing sun on 101 [A] somewhere around [E] Ventura.
I lost a universal joint [A] and I had to use [E] my finger.
This tall lady stopped and [Am] asked if I had [Bm] plans for dinner.
[A] Said, no thanks, ma'am, back home we [B] like the girls that sing soprano.
[E] That's where I come from, [A] it's [Bm] cornbread and [E] chicken.
Where I come from, a [A] lot of front [E] porch sitting.
Where I come from, [A]
trying to [B] make a [D] living.
And working hard to [A] get to heaven.
Where I [Em] come from. _ _ _
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_ [C#] _ [E] Well, _ _ _ [A] _
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[E] _ _ I was heading home on 65 somewhere around Kentucky.
When the CB rang, the bobtail [G] rig gets rolling on like thunder.
[E] Well, I answered him and he asked [A] me, aren't you from [Em] out in Tulsa?
[A] No, but you might have seen me [B] there.
Just dropped a load of [G] salsa.
[E] Where I come from, [A] it's [B] cornbread and chicken.
[E] Where I come from, a [A] lot of front porch [Em] picking.
[E] Where I come from, trying to [B] make a living.
[D] And working hard to [A] get to heaven.
Where [E] I come from.
Yeah, it's [B] cornbread and [E] chicken.
Where I come from, a [A] lot of back [E] porch picking.
Where I come from, [A]
trying to [B] make a living.
[D] And working hard to [A] get to heaven.
Where I [E] come from.
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Where I come from.
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[E] Yeah, where I come from.
A lot of front porch sitting, [D] _ _ staring [A] up at heaven.
Where [E] I come from.
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[E] Where I come from, _ _ trying to make a living.
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