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Alan Jackson

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                    G7
In a small town down in Georgia over forty years ago
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Her maiden name was Musick when she met that Jackson boy
     F
They married young like folks did back then
      C              F
Not a penny to their name
         C
But they believed the one you vowed to love
       G7              C
Should always stay the same

Verse 2

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On the land his daddy gave them a foundation underway
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For a love to last forever or until their dying days
     F
They built a bond that's strong enough
   C                 F
To stand test the of time
      C                                G7              C
And a place for us to turn to when our lives were in a bind

Verse 3

         G7
And they made their house from a tool shed
           F                  C
Granddaddy rolled down on two logs
         G7
And they built walls all around it
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And they made that house a home

Verse 4

         F
And they taught us about good living
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They taught us right from wrong
              C
Lord there'll never be another place
        G7              C
In this world I'll call home

Verse 5

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My momma raised five children four girls then there was me
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She found her strength with faith in God and love of family
    F                       C                F
She never had a social life home was all she knew
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Except the time she took a job to pay a bill or two

Verse 6

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My daddy skinned his knuckles on the cars that he repaired

Verse 7

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He never earned much money but he gave us all he had
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He never made the front page but he did the best he could
          C
And folks drove their cars from miles around
   G7                     C
To let him look neath the hood

Verse 3

         G7
And they made their house from a tool shed
           F                  C
Granddaddy rolled down on two logs
         G7
And they built walls all around it
         F                 G7
And they made that house a home

Verse 4

         F
And they taught us about good living
C                         F
They taught us right from wrong
              C
Lord there'll never be another place
        G7              C
In this world I'll call home

Verse 8

There'll never be another place
        G7                   C
In this world that I'll call home