G               D
1. Just off of the beaten path
   C                  D
   A little dot on a state road map   
   A little dot on a stateroad map
   C  D  G
   C                  D                 G
   That's where I was born & where I'll die
   G                 D
   Things move at a slower pace
   C             D
   Nobody's in a rat race
     C                       D             G
   And these days that's a special way to fly

   C    G                                    C                D
R: Down Home where they know you by name and treat you like family
   C    G                               C                 D
   Down Home a man's good word & a handshake are all you need
   C     Emi                                   C                 A
   Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on
   G                  C   D    G
   Those of us raised up Down Home

   G                    D
2. In the corner of a hardware store
   C                  D
   Gathered round a checker board
   C               D                G
   Old men telling lies & crowning kings
   G                     D
   Kids drivin round the old town square
   C                       D
   Tops rolled down in the cool nite air
   C                 D                   G
   Go & see what's shakin at the Dairy Queen

R: Down Home where they know...

   C             D              G                  C
   When I was a boy I couldn't wait to leave this place
       D            C               D
   But now I wanna see my children raised
   
   C    G  C  D
   Down Home
   C    G  C  D
   Down Home
   C     Emi                                   C                 A
   Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on
   G                  C   D    G
   Those of us raised up Down Home
   
                                    C              D
   Where they know you by name and treat you like family
   C     G                          C                     D
   Down Home a man's good word & a handshake are all you need
   C     Emi                                  C                  A
   Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on
   G                  C   D    G
   Those of us raised up Down Home
   C    G  C  D
   Down Home
   
   Way Down Home
   Down Home
   Down Home
   Way Down Home
   Down Home