Key: G
Introduction:
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My first rifle was a .243
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That Papa gave Daddy and Daddy gave to me
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and-they taught me how to shoot with a steady hand
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I guess that&rsquo s somethin' you don't understand
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Now, I grew up on a prison farm
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sneakin' pulls-of-shine from a mason jar
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used to go fishing out Pickle Creek dam
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but I guess that&rsquo s somethin' you don't understand
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Grandma's in the kitchen
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Papa done passed on
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We sit out on the front porch
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Just a pickin&rsquo on a song
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and there's blood on the table
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'cause we work for what we have
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and I was raised in this land
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I guess that&rsquo s somethin' you don't understand.
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And I still fly that southern flag
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whistling Dixieland enough to brag,
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and I know all the words to "Simple Man"
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I guess that&rsquo s something you don't understand.
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I pledge my allegiance the original way
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I say, "Merry Christmas," not "Happy Holidays"
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They can&rsquo t change my ways, I know who I am
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I guess that&rsquo s somethin' you don't understand.
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Grandma's in the kitchen
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Papa done passed on
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We sit out on the front porch
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Just a pickin&rsquo on a song
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and there's blood on the table
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'cause we work for what we have
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I was raised in this land
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I guess that&rsquo s somethin' you don't understand
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They'll grind us up in a big machine
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They'll feed us all on the same beliefs
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Holy dollar and a credit card
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but we got a way of doing things
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and no bankers gonna steal from me
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they wanna tear it all apart
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Grandma's in the kitchen
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Papa done passed on
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We sit out on the front porch
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Just a pickin&rsquo on a song
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and there's a bible on the table
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'cause he bled for what we have
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and that's the ballad of southern man
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but I guess that&rsquo s something you don't understand
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My first rifle was a .243
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Papa gave Daddy and Daddy gave to me