Verse
D#
You might take that shortcut,
C#
and end up down our road.
G#
See rusty plows and pickup trucks,
C# D#
and corn by the rows.
D#
But what you see ain't nothin',
C#
Let me make one thing clear;
G# C# D#
We raise more than corn around here.
[Chorus]
D#
We raise our babies up believin',
C# G# C# G# D#
that there ain't nothin' free in life.
D#
We don't need a reason,
C# G# C# G# D#
to raise ol' glory high.
G# D#
A'little hell on the weekend,
G# D#
but come Sunday mornin',
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It's "hallelujah" hands up in the air.
C# G# (1x)
We raise more than corn around here.
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[Verse]
D#
Them stalks keep us rollin',
C#
this town in the black.
G#
Yeah before you get to goin',
C# D#
let me put you some in a sack.
D#
Remember if you get slowed down
C#
Behind an ol' John Deere;
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That we raise more than corn around here.
[Chorus]
Yeah,
D#
We raise our babies up believin',
C# G# C# G# D#
that there ain't nothin' free in life.
D#
We don't need a reason,
C# G# C# G# D#
to raise ol' glory high.
G# D#
A'little hell on the weekend,
G# D#
Come Sunday mornin',
G# D# G#
It's "hallelujah" hands up in the air.
C# G# (1x)
We raise more than corn around here.
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[Bridge]
C#
Next time you're starin' at these fields,
G#
while you're drivin' past.
C# G# (1x)
Make sure you notice that farmhouse in the back.
[Chorus]
D# (2x)
We raise our babies up believin',
C# G# C# G# D#
that there ain't nothin' free in life.
D#
We don't need a reason,
C# G# C# G# D#
to raise ol' glory high.
G# D#
A'little hell on the weekend,
G# D#
Come Sunday mornin',
G# D# G#
It's "hallelujah" hands up in the air.
C# G# (1x)
We raise more than corn around here.
D# C#
C# G# C# G# D#
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