All I Can Do Is Write About It

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Well this life that I've lived

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Has took me everywhere

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There ain't no place I ain't never gone

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But it's kinda like the sayin

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That you heard so many times

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Well there just ain't no place like home

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       3[G]& 4eanda 1&[D] 2eanda  3[Em]& 4eanda  1&[C] 2eanda
Did you ever see a she-gator protect her youngins

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Or the fish in a river swiwin free

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Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina

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Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennesee

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And lord I can't make any changes

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All I can do is write 'em in a song

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Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin

[G]3& 4eanda   1& 2e[D]anda  (3 4alet [C]1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Lord take me and mine before that comes

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[G]3& 4eanda   1& 2[D]eanda  (3 4alet 1[C]alet 2 3 4eanda)

[G]1& 2eanda    3& [D]4eanda        (1 2[C]alet 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
Like to see the mountain stream a flowing

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Do you like to see a youngin with his dog

[G]1& 2eanda          3& [D]4eanda        *1*[Em]& 2eanda     3&[C] 4eanda
Did you ever stop and think about well the air you're breathing

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Well you better listen to my song

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And lord I can't make any changes

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All I can do is write 'em in a song

[G]3& 4eanda    1& 2e[D]anda *3*& [Em]4eanda 1[C]& 2eanda
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin

[G]3& 4eanda   1& 2e[D]anda  (3 4alet [C]1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Lord take me and mine before it comes

(key change to A for piano solo)

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[G]1& 2eanda    3& 4[D]eanda    (1 2ale[C]t 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
I'm not tryin to put down no big city

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But the things they write about us is just a bore

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You can take a boy out of old Dixieland

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But you'll never take Dixie from a boy

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And lord I can't make any changes

[G]1& 2eanda    3& 4[D]eanda   (1 2alet[C] 3alet 4 1 2eanda)
All I can do is write 'em in a song

[G]3& 4eanda    1& 2e[D]anda *3*& 4[Em]eanda 1[C]& 2eanda
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin

[G]3& 4eanda     1& [D]2eanda  (3 4alet [C]1alet 2 3 4eanda)
Lord take me and mine before that comes

    1& 2e[G]anda     3& 4e[D]anda  *1*& [Em]2eanda  [C]3& 4eanda
Yes well I can see the concrete a slowly creeping

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[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]  [G] [D] [C]

Well this [G]life that I've [D]lived
Has [Em]took me every[C]where
[G]There ain't no place [D]I ain't never [C]gone

But it's [G]kinda like the [D]sayin
That you [Em]heard so many [C]times
Well there [G]just ain't [D]no place like [C]home

[G] [D] [C]
Did you [G]ever see a [D]she-gator [Em]protect her [C]youngins
Or the [G]fish in a [D]river swiwin [C]free
Did you [G]ever see the [D]beauty of the [Em]hills of Carol[C]ina
Or the [G]sweetness of the [D]grass in [C]Tennesee

And [G]lord I can't [D]make any [C]changes
[G]All I can do is [D]write 'em in a [C]song
[G]Cus I can see the[D] concrete a [Em]slowly [C]creepin
[G]Lord take me and [D]mine before tha[C]t comes

[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]

[G]Like to see the [D]mountain stream a [C]flowing
Do you like to see a youngin with his dog
[G]Did you ever stop and [D]think about well [Em]the air you're [C]breathing
[G]Well you better listen [D]to my [C]song

And lord I can't make any changes
All I can do is write 'em in a song
Cus I can see the concrete a slowly creepin
Lord take me and mine before it comes

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[A] [E] [D]
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[G]I'm not tryin to [D]put down no big [C]city
But the things they write about us is just a bore
[G]You can take a boy [D]out of old[Em] Dixiela[C]nd
[G]But you'll never take [D]Dixie from a [C]boy

[G]And lord I can't [D]make any [C]changes
All I can do is write 'em in a song
[G]Cus I can see the [D]concrete a [Em]slowly [C]creepin
[G]Lord take me and [D]mine before that [C]comes

Yes well [G]I can see the [D]concrete a [Am]slowly [C]creeping
[G]Lord take me and [D]mine before that [C]comes.