Alan Jackson

^E Well I was rollin? wheels and shiftin? gears round that Jersey Turnpike
^E When Barney stopped me with his gun ten minutes after midnight
^E Said sir you broke the limit in that rusty ol? truck
I don?t ^G know about that accent son, just ^E where do you come from?
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I said ^E where I come from it?s ^A cornbread and chicken
^E Where I come from lot of front porch ^A sittin?
W ^E here I come from tryin? to ma ^A ke a livin?
Workin? ^B7 hard to get to heaven ^A where I come ^E from
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^E Well I was south of Detroit city, pulled in this country kitchen
^E To try their brand of barbeque the sign said finger lickin?
^E Well I paid the tab and the lady asked me how?d I like my biscuit
I?ll be ^G honest with you ma?am it ^E ain?t like mama fixed it
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Cause where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
W ^E here I come from lot of front porch ^A pickin?
W ^E here I come from tryin? to make a ^A livin?
W ^B7 orkin? hard to get to heaven ^A where I come ^E from
Verse III:
^E I was chasin? sun on 101 somewhere around Ventura
^E I lost a universal joint and I had to use my finger
^E This tall lady stopped and asked if I had plans for dinner
Said ^G no thanks ma?am, back home we like the ^E girls that sing soprano
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Cause where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
Whe ^E re I come from lot of front porch ^A sittin?
Wher ^E e I come from tryin? to make a ^A livin?
Workin? ^B7 hard to get to heaven ^A where I come ^E from
Verse IV:
^E Well I was headed home on 65 somewhere around Kentucky
^E The CB rang for a bobtail rig that?s rollin? on like thunder
^E Well I answered him and he asked me aren?t you from out in Tulsa
No ^G , but you might?a seen me there I just ^E dropped a load of salsa
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Where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
^E Where I come from lot of front porch sit ^A tin?
Where ^E I come from tryin? to ^A make a livin?
Workin? ^B7 hard to get to heaven ^A where I come ^E from
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I said where I come from it?s cornbread and chicken
^E Where I come from lot of back porch ^A pickin?
Where ^E I come from tryin? to ^A make a livin?
^B7 Workin? hard to get to heaven ^A where I come ^E from
^A Where I come ^E from, ^A where I come ^E from
Yeah, wher ^E e I come from a lot of front porch sittin ^A ?
S ^B7 tarin? up at heav ^A en where I come from ^E
A Where I come from, wh ^E ere I come ^A from ^E
A tryin? to make a livin? Oh where I come from ^E