Chords
Tva

Key: G

Introduction: G    C    D    G    

difficulty
very easy |||||
G                                                 C                    D              G  
I grew up two hours north of Birmingham
G                                                            C                              D                 G  
Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam
G                                                         C                         D                 G  
He told some stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant
             D                                                            C                              D                      G  
When I got a little older, I wouldn't and now Daddy can't
                             C                            D  G  
So I thank God for the TVA
                C                            D  G  
Thank God for the TVA
                G                                                            C                         D                      G         G/F#    Em  
Where me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray
                C                            D  G  
Thank God for the TVA
             G                                                 C                    D                         G  
When I was 15, me and my girl sat out on the lock
  G                                                              C                      D                    G  
Watchin' the raccoons and terrapins dance on rocks
  G                                            C                 D                    G  
She let me put my hand up under her shirt
        D                                                            C                         D    G  
I wanted her to want me so bad, it hurt
                             C                            D  G  
So I thank God for the TVA
                C                            D  G  
Thank God for the TVA
                G                                                            C                                 D                            G         G/F#    Em  
Where me and my baby used to lay around and wait on the day
                C                            D  G  
Thank God for the TVA
        D  C  D  G(3x)  
             G                                                      C                            D                 G  
My granddaddy told me when he was just 7 or so
          G                                                              C                                 D                         G  
His daddy lost work and they didn't have a row to hoe
          G                                                 C                      D                    G  
Not too much to eat for 7 boys and 3 girls
        D                                                                         C                                 D                         G  
All lived in a tent, a bunch of sharecroppers versus the world
                  G                                                                    C                      D         G  
So his momma sat down and wrote a letter to FDR
                G                                                                                 C                            D                      G  
Then a couple days later, a couple of country men came in a car
                  G                                                                    C                      D                            G  
Rolled out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow
                D                                                                         C                                 D                         G  
And he helped build the damn, gave power to most the South
                             C                            D  G  
So I thank God for the TVA
                C                            D  G  
Thank God for the TVA
                G                                                    C                              D                            G         G/F#    Em  
Where Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day's pay
                C                            D  G  
Thank God for the TVA