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Alan Jackson

CountryMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
F
G

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: C    F    C    F 
 
(Verse 1) 
       C                          G 
In a small town in Georgia, over forty years ago 
F                                    C                G 
Her maiden name was Music  'til she met that Jackson boy 
F                                               C             F 
They married young like folks did then, not a penny to their name 
            C 
But they believed the one you vowed to love 
         G              C 
Should always stay the same 
 
(Verse 2) 
                                       G 
On the land his daddy gave them a foundation underway 
F                              C                 G 
For a love to last forever or until their dying day 
F                                           C                F 
They built a bond that's strong enough to stand the test of time 
        C                                G 
And a place for us to turn to when our lives 
            C 
Where in a bind 
 
          G 
And they made their house from a tool shed 
             F/C               C 
Granddaddy rolled down on two logs 
          G                                 F/C 
And they built walls all around it and they made 
              G 
That house a home 
           F 
And they taught us about good living 
C                           F 
They taught us right from wrong 
               C                             G 
Lord they'll never be another place in this world 
                C 
That I'll call home 
 
(Verse 3) 
 
My mama raised five children, four girls then their was me 
She found her strength with faith in God and love of family 
She never had a social life, home was all she knew 
Except the time she took a job to pay a bill or two 
 
(Verse 4) 
 
My daddy skinned his knuckles on the cars that he repaired 
He never earned much money, but he gave us all he had 
He never made the front page but he did the best he could 
And folks drove their cars from all around 
To let him look underneath the hood 
 
(Repeat Chorus) 
F            C (one strum)                 G (one strum) 
No they'll never be another place in this world 
                F       C       G       C      F   C 
That I'll call home 
 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

C · F · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.