Tom: D
Introdução: D
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I was raised in Pocahontas Illinois
Everybody thought of me as on of the boys
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Cause I’d run with the crowd that tough
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At 15 I was tendin’ big O’s bar
And I’d sing till 2am for a half-full tip jar
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Spent my youth singin truth and payin dues
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I’m the biggest thing that ever came from my home town
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And I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let 'em down
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If it’s the last thing that I do
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Before they lay me in the ground
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You know I’m gonna make Pocahontas proud
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And I knocked on every door on music row
They looked down to me and said,
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“Girl go back home you aint got what we need
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In this town\"
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They couldn’t whoop the fightin’ side of me
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Where I come from we don’t give up easily over night
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Took all my life to be found
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I’m the biggest thing that ever came from my home town
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And I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let 'em down
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If it’s the last thing that I do
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Before they lay me in the ground
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You know I’m gonna make Pocahontas proud
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At 27 I had baby Grace
I was born again when I saw her sweet face
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And I knew, she was the greatest
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Thing I’d ever do
Break: E
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I was raised in Pocahontas Illinois
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Pocahontas proud
You know I’m gonna make Pocahontas proud