Small Town Southern Man Alan Jackson
Lyrics and guitar chords
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Brought up workin' on the landG
Fell in love with a D
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And they married up and sD
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For a small town SoutG
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First there came four prD
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Then a few years later camD
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A boy, he wasn't plannedG
Seven people livin' aD
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In a house built with his owD
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always proud of what he hadHe said hi
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s greatest contribution D
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the ones you leaveD
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And they got me by the handG
Don't you cry, and dD
on't you worryA
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