Chords for Hard Scratch Pride

_ _ _ _ [E] I lived my life in [A] swallow, _ _ but mother [B] and daddy are dead. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] How could I tell the grace of God if it's irresistible?
It's not [C] irresistible. _ _ _
I was born down South Kentucky. _ _ _ _ _
A _ hollow stretch howler I [G] called my home.
_ _ _ Till [F] my mama picked me.
_ Boy, [C] don't you ramble.
_ _ _ _ [G] My mama picked me.
[F] Oh boy, _ [C] don't you ramble. _ _ _ _ _
When I left that holler I was just a boy. _
Flat broke and busted and help me to make [F] it on my own.
_ _ [Fm] Hell, I couldn't go [C] back home, no.
_ _ _ Hell, [G] I could hear that train.
[F] It moaned that [C] lonesome song.
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I'm heading up to Detroit on a freight train.
Mama, I'm a finally [C] be a man.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] I've been working seven days building that Chevrolet.
I'm doing [C] the best I can.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] And I met me a little city girl and I'm gonna make [C] her my bride.
_ _ _ _ [G] But don't worry, Mama, [F] I ain't lost my [C] heart's grand pride.
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Twenty years have passed now since I hit the road.
I can hear the whistle.
Well, hell, the dogwood ain't calling [Fm] me on.
_ _ [F] But Mama, she's [C] long gone.
_ _ _ _ And I can [G] hear old Hank.
Yeah, [F] he gonna maul me that lonesome [C] whistle song.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] And I'm heading up to Detroit on a freight train.
Mama, I'm a finally be [C] a man.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] I've been working seven days building that Chevrolet.
I'm doing the [C] best I can.
_ _ _ _ [F] And I met me a little city girl and I'm gonna make [C] her my bride.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] But don't worry, Mama, [F] I ain't lost my heart's [C] grand pride.
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