Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

/ - x2

  Way beyond the city lights

Lies a cowboys paradise

Honeysuckle on the vine

Growing up on southern time

/ - x2

  Love to dance and we love to flirt

Ain't afraid of a little dirt

We ain't late for Sunday church

Mama raised us not to curse

/ - x2

  Our shorts a little shorter cause the sun's a little hotter

  Sipping lemonade, while we're playin' in the water

  Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh

  Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches

  Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh

  There's a reason why the boys pick the Georgia Peaches

/ - x2

  We grow where the grass is green

We got home grown in our jeans

We love country everything

From Alan Jackson to Aldean

/ - x2

  Our drawl will drive you crazy when we wink and call you baby

  You don't stand a chance once you've seen a southern lady

  Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh

  Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches

  Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh

  There's a reason why the boys pick the Georgia Peaches

  Oh, ain't nothing sweeter

  It don't matter where you're from come on in and have some fun

We're gonna treat you like you're one of us

  Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh

  Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches

  Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh

  There's a reason why the boys pick

Keep repeating the chorus til the end of the song.

End on F#

2. Growing Her Wings

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

x4

  Brother's in the backyard diggin' in the dirt

  Mama's in the kitchen in an old t-shirt

  Daddy's diesel's coming up the street

  And she's in her bedroom growing her wings

  Ready to Run in her headphones

  Pretty in pink on all ten toes

  Nose in a Cosmo magazine

  All the junk mama says, she's too young to read

  Little do they know she's growing her wings

  They got her whole life on lockdown

  Doing time behind her bedroom door

  I guess it's alright for right now

  But outside her window there's so much

  More room for running and space to discover

  A whole wide world to see

  She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be

  Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings

  The neighbor boy taught her how to French kiss

  And daddy's got eyes in the back of his head

  He said, no dating 'til you're eighteen

  Now she's in her room grounded, growing her wings

  They got her whole life on lockdown

  Doing time behind her bedroom door

  I guess it's alright for right now

  But outside her window there's so much

  More room for running and space to discover

  A whole wide world to see

  She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be

  Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings

  She wants to flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and never look down

  But toniiiiiiiiiiiiight she's tucked inside a tiny little town

  In a little twin bed all safe and sound

  And there's so much

  More room for running and space to discover

  A whole wide world to see

  She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be

  Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings

Growing her wings

End on G

3. Tupelo

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

x2

  Picked a wild flower off the side of the road

  You put it in my hair

  Two bare feet up on the dashboard

  Hands waving through the summer air

  Looking at you, looking at me

  With the wind strapped to our backs

  Flying as high as the bird in the sky

  Don't get much better than that

  And we sang all the way down to Tupelo

  Love struck right on the money

  Heart beats beating to the radio

  Kisses as sweet as the honey

  Down to Tupelo

  All the way down to Tupelo

  Counting the white lines mile by mile

  Worries slipping away

  Took a back road for a little slow down

  Off of the interstate

  We followed the river as far as it goes

  Smiling in the July sun

  Hearing you say you're falling in love

  I said you ain't the only one

  And we sang all the way down to Tupelo

  Love struck right on the money

  Heart beats beating to the radio

  Kisses as sweet as the honey

  Down to Tupelo

All the way down

  La la la la la la

  Wind strapped to our backs

  La la la la la la

  Don't get much better than that

  And we sang all the way down to Tupelo

  Love struck right on the money

  Heart beats beating to the radio

  Kisses as sweet as the honey

  Down to Tupelo

  All the way down to Tupelo

  Lalalalalalalalalalalala

  Lalalalalalalalalalalala

  All the way down to tupelo

  All the way down to tupelo

  All the way down to tupelo

End on A

4. The Middle

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

x2

I get this feeling every year, the first days of winter

Pull out that box of souvenirs to read your old letters

In the stack of memories, found a note you left for me

It almost feels like you're still here

  I hear your voice in every word

  You told me to remember

Take each day and make it last

  'Cause you turn around and the future is the past

Here and now is all we have

  The beginning and the end mean so little

  What matters most is what's in the middle

Makes me smile when I look back to every summer

You forget your birthday and just laugh; you say "It's just a number"

But Sunday afternoons, they meant so much to you

  The simple things were golden

  You found beauty in every moment

  Take each day and make it last

  'Cause you turn around and the future is the past

Here and now is all we have

  The beginning and the end mean so little

  What matters most is what's in the middle

Instrumental part

  The day you're born is just a start

  Your last breath is a question mark

  The story of your life is in the in between

  Take each day and make it last

  'Cause you turn around and the future is the past

Here and now is all we have

Take each day and make it last

  'Cause you turn around and the future is the past

Here and now is all we have

  The beginning and the end mean so little

  What matters most is what's in the middle

  What's in the middle

End on A

5. Like My Mother Does

Chords:

: 133211 or x33211

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

x2

  People always say

  I have a laugh

  Like my mother does

  Guess that makes sense

  She taught me how to smile

  When things get rough

  I've got her spirit

  She's always got my back

  When I look at her I think

  I want to be just like that

  When I love

  I give it all I've got

  Like my mother does

  When I'm scared

  I bow my head and pray

  Like my mother does

  When I feel weak and unpretty

  I know I'm beautiful and strong

  Because I see myself like my mother does

  I never met a stranger

  I can talk to anyone

  Like my mother does

  I let my temper fly

  And she can walk away

  When she's had enough

  She sees everybody

  For who they really are

  I'm so thankful for her guidance

  She helped me get this far

  When I love

  I give it all I've got

  Like my mother does

  When I'm scared

  I bow my head and pray

  Like my mother does

  When I feel weak and unpretty

  I know I'm beautiful and strong

  Because I see myself like my mother does

  She's a rock

  She is grace

  She's an angel

  She's my heart and soul

  She does it all

  When I love

  I give it all I've got

  Like my mother does

  When I'm scared

  I bow my head and pray

  Like my mother does

  When I'm weak and unpretty

  I know I'm beautiful and strong

  Because I see myself

  Like my mother does

  Like my mother does

  I hear people saying

  I'm starting to look

  Like my mother does

End on D

6. She's A Wildflower

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

x2

  She was the kind of girl that never quite fit in

  Holes in her shoes and freckles on her skin

  Every time she saw those school doors open wide

  She'd wanna turn around and run back home and hide

  Yeah yeah yeah, oh

  She got used to being stuck at the back of the line

  The kind that kept her head down most of the time

  Secret dreams 'bout the boy in the high school band

  Then wake up thinking she'd never have a chance

  She's a wildflower

  Just waitin' on a sunny day

  Just waitin" on the winds of change to blow

  Just a red hot spark

  That's looking for a little flame, yeah

  Trying to find the perfect place to grow

  She's a wildflower

  She's a wildflower

  She makes a wish on every single star she sees

  Yeah somewhere deep down she still believes

  She prays every night before she goes to bed

  Pretty soon her luck is gonna change

  She just doesn't know it yet

  She's a wildflower

  Just waitin on a sunny day

  Just waitin on the winds of change to blow

  Just a red hot spark

  That's looking for a little flame, yeah

  Trying to find the perfect place to grow

  She's a wildflower

  She's a wildflower

  She's a wildflower

  Just waitin' on a sunny day

  Just waitin' on the winds of change to blow

  Just a red hot spark

  That's looking for a little flame, yeah

  Trying to find the perfect place

  Yeah she's trying to find a place

  She's a wildflower that's waiting on a sunny day

  She's the secret that nobody knows

  She's a wildflower

End on D

7. I'm Not One Of Them

Chords:

: 133211 or x33211

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

You pull up in that jacked-up ride

Open the door on the passenger side

  There's a lot of girls who might

  Wanna climb inside

  But I'm not one of them

You start flashing that country boy grin

And your big city money clip

  There's a lot of girls who'd love to go cashing in

  But I'm not one of them

Baby, baby

You're gonna have to do better than that

  If you want my love

  You gotta give me some back

Give me something real

Not another come on, baby, come on

  There's a lot of girls who might

  Just fall for what you got

  But I'm not one of them

Now some may get into your kind of thing

That only you can make their little hearts sing

  Well, you can go on thinking what you want to think

  I'm not one of them

Baby, baby

You're gonna have to do better than that

  If you want my love

  You gotta give me some back

Give me something real

Not another come on, baby, come on

  There's a lot of girls who might

  Just fall for what you got

  But I'm not one of them

  I'm not some notch

  On your Facebook wall

  And I'm not some last chance

  Midnight call

Baby, baby

You're gonna have to do better than that

  If you want my love

  You gotta give me some back

Give me something real

Not another come on, baby, come on, yeah

You're gonna have to do better than that

  If you want my love

  You gotta give me some back

Give me something real

Not another come on, baby, come on

  There's a lot of girls who might

  Just fall for what you got

  But I'm not one of them

  I'm not one of them

End on G*

8. The Locket

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

x2

Back in '41 you met a brown eyed boy

Who called you pretty

  He'd walk everyday a couple miles out of his way to hold your hand

  And keep you company

  Your mama said don't call it love at 14

  But sitting on that front porch swing

  He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck

  Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget

  The way it felt when he held your hand

And you swore that you would never take it off

  And the butterflies you felt said it all

  You were falling with the boy inside your locket

Back in '43 your brown eyed boy went over seas

  And had to leave town for a little while

  He swore he'd marry you as soon as the war was through

  You would be his wife

  Standing in the pouring rain

  You cried as you watched him ride away

  But everyday

  You had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck

  Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget

  The way his kiss tasted on your lips

And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone

  And you prayed that God would bring him safely home

  'Cause you made a promise to the boy inside your locket

  Oh, 60 years you two had together and he's been gone for a couple now

  And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember

  And I've been writing all your memories down

  And I stopped by today to read a couple pages

  Grandma, you sure look pretty

  And you smile that smile, the one I haven't seen in quite a while

  And you said to me, I want you to keep

  His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck

  The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget

  The greatest love and the greatest man I've ever known

But it's getting time for me to head on home

  She said, that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don't wanna keep him long

  Heaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longing

  For the boy inside your locket

End on D

9. Eighteen Inches (Lauren Alaina)

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

Bm7: x23042 ( if you prefer you can replace Bm7 by Bm: x24432 )

Intro

x4

  It's about fifteen hundred miles to California

They'll get there Friday if they leave tonight

She sneaks out at three thirty in the morning

  Leaves a note so she won't see her daddy cry

x2

  He cuts the engine when he coasts in the driveway

  She slides in and gives him one kiss for the road

  No friends and no family, no job out there waiting

  The whole town will call them crazy but they gotta go

  'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah

  You might do some things that don't seem all that smart

  'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your

  Head to your heart

x2

  They can barely make rent on a rundown apartment

  She's waiting tables and he's a valet

  They're behind on the bills and the car's barely running

  But he buys a ring with the tips that he's saved

  'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah

  You might do some things that don't seem all that smart

  'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your

  Head to your heart

  Last thing they need is another mouth to feed, but they won't call

  Just kids themselves but that's all to change in nine more months

She wakes him up at three thirty in the morning

Ready or not their new life's gonna start

Seven pounds and eighteen inches

  The doctor lays that new baby's head right on her heart

  'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah

  You might do some things that don't seem all that smart

  But thank God for those eighteen inches

  The distance it is from your head to your heart

x4

End on Cadd9

10. One Of Those Boys

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

: 133211 or x33211

Intro

  I gotta little picture painted in my mind

  Of that special, not so perfect guy

  My heart wants me to find

  He ain't too pretty, he ain't to sweet

  A little rough around the edges

  Cute and country just like me

  One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'

  Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin

  Swears a John Deere revvin' up

  Is music instead of noise

  Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'

  Riverside saturday night and

  Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys

  He ain't gotta have money or a brand new truck

  But he better shake my daddy's hand

  When he comes to pick me up

  Gotta be a little reckless, a whole lotta fun

  And he's gotta know my midnight curfew

  Don't mean 12:01

  One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'

  Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin

  Swears a John Deere revvin' up

  Is music instead of noise

  Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'

  Riverside saturday night and

  Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys

  One of those cornfed, bonfires

  Goin' down a hill in a tractor tire

  Cow tippin', rope swingin'

  Backwoods, front porch swingin' boys

Instrumental

  One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'

  Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin

  Swears a John Deere revvin' up

  Is music instead of noise

  Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'

  Riverside saturday night and

  Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys

  Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys

  Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys

Yeah

End on Dm

11. Funny Thing About Love

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

* x4

  You used to want me

But I didn't want you

But now I want you

Oh, but you don't want me

Why can't our two hearts

  Just make up their minds?

And want the same thing

  At the same time

  The funny thing about looooooooooove

  It never makes sense

  It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup

  It never makes sense, never makes sense

You let it go, never want it back

You turn around and just like that

You swear you can't get enough

  That's the funny thing about looooooove

  That's the funny thing about looooooove

  We were best friends

  Until I kissed you

  You know you liked it

  And I did too

As soon you admit you're crazy about me

I'm off and running, the soon enough you'll see

  The funny thing about looooooooooove

  It never makes sense

  It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup

  It never makes sense, never makes sense

You let it go, never want it back

You turn around and just like that

You swear you can't get enough

  That's the funny thing about looooooove

  That's the funny thing about looooooove

It makes you crazy

  It will make you do the stupidest stuff

You can't live without it yeah

That's the funny thing about love, yeah

  The funny thing about looooooooooove

  It never makes sense

  It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup

  It never makes sense, never makes sense

You let it go, never want it back

You turn around and just like that

You swear you can't get enough

You swear you can't get enough

  That's the funny thing about looooooove

  That's the funny thing about looooooove

  The funny thing about looooooooooove

  It never makes sense

  It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup

  * x2

End on E

12. Dirt Road Prayer

Chords:

G: 320033 or 320003

: 133211 or x33211

Let the light shine on my mama

  She's been worried about me

  And I can tell she's tired

Walk my brother in a straight line

  I know he's only 16

  But he's been playing with fire

Give my grandpa a little peace and quiet

  I can feel the years of hard work in his hands

Make my days pass just a little bit slower

  I've been runnin' so fast

  I've forgotten who I am

And so I go where the green grass grows

The weeds are high and the sun hangs low

Look to the sky and I say hello

  Like it's the very first time

It doesn't matter how long it's been

  I can talk to God like hes my best friend

Take my heart lay it down again right there

  In a dirt road prayer

He's a good guy

Looks dad in the eye

  And I wonder if you made him just for me

But before I fall give me patience

Until you show me where to take this

Yeah I go where the green grass grows

The weeds are high and the sun hangs low

Look to the sky and I say hello

  Like it's the very first time

It doesn't matter how long it's been

  I can talk to God like hes my best friend

Take my heart lay it down again right there

  In a dirt road prayer

  It's good to know I can

Always go where the green grass grows

The weeds are high and the sun hangs low

Look to the sky and I say hello ooo yeah

It doesn't matter how long it's been

I can talk to God like he's my best friend

Take my heart and lay it down again right there

  In a dirt road prayer

  yeah yeah

  In a dirt road prayer

  yeah yeah

  End on