These Are My People Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C C/B Am G F C x 2

Well we C grew up C/B down by the Am railroad G tracks

Shootin' F b.b.'s at G old beer C cans

Chokin' on the C/B smoke from a Am lucky strike

G Somebody F lifted off of G his old C man

We were football C/B flunkies

Am Southern rock G junkies

F Crackin' up the G stere C os

Singin' loud and C/B proud to Am "Gimme Three G Steps"

"Simple F Man" and G "Curtis C Low"

We were good, ya know C C/B Am G F G C

We got some C discount C/B knowledge at the Am junior G college

Where we F majored in G beer and C girls

It was all real C/B funny ‘til we Am ran out of G money

And they F threw us out G into the C world

Yeah the kids that C/B thought they'd Am run this G town

Ain't F runnin' much of G any C thing

We're just lovin' and C/B laughin'

And Am bustin' our G asses

And we F call it all G livin' the C dream

These are my F people G

This is where C I come from

We're F givin' this life every G thing we've got and C then some

It ain't always F pretty G

But it's C real

That's the C way we were C/B made

Wouldn't Am have it any G other F way

These are my C people C C/B Am G F G C

Well we take it all week on the chin with a grin

Till we make it to a friday night

And it's church league softball holler ‘bout a bad call

Preacher breakin' up the fight

Then later on at the green light tavern

Well everybody's gatherin' as friends

And the beer is pourin' till monday mornin'

Where we start all over again

Repeat Chorus

We C fall G down and we get up

We walk F proud and we talk tough

We C got G heart and we got nerve

F Even if we are a G bit disturbed

Solo

Repeat Chorus