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[Verse]
D AmI was there when Shooter Jennings rewound the sound like a cassette
G C G I watched Jamey Johnson cut (You) "Can't Cash My Checks"
D ABack then Rowdy Jason Cope was running shine sunset to vine
C GPicking songs with Leroy Powell, making redneck isms rhyme
D AI guess now everyone knows Cousin Dave but he been around awhile
C GProving simple truths and music, they just don't Go out of style
D AmIt's hard to tell and when you're in it sometimes the moment's too profound
CBut if I had to bet my money
G D AmThat's when country came back to town
[Verse]
D ARight after that I moved to Nashville and most the Broadways stars
C GWanted to be Cody Canada, Ryan Bingham or Hayes Carll
D AThey seemed too cautious to commit, so they surrendered to the game
C GBut nobody sang like Brandi Carlile or wrote like Nikki Lane
D AmBut you couldn't deny that it was lost or how it would be found
CBut when Sturgill climbed High Top Mountain
G D DCountry came back to town
[Chorus]
C G DBeyond the pickups and the backroads, you could almost hear it play
C G DThough it was softer than a whisper through the pines
C G DSome say it never left, some say that it got saved
C G DSome say, like everything, it changes over time
C GWell all I know for certain is I'm glad I was around
C G DWhen country came back to town
Am G DOh, when country came back to town
[Verse]
D AAs the divide grew even greater between commerce and art
C GFolks like Miranda Lambert kept the beat inside its heart
D ARight along with Chris and Morgane and Kacey Musgraves too
C GWhat took the world so long to catch on, for us was nothing new
D AmBy the time the torch was passed and the hatchet was laid down
CMusic Row had nearly burned to ash
G D DWhen country came back to town
[Chorus]
C G DBeyond the pickups and the backroads, you could almost hear it play
C G DThough it was softer than a whisper through the pines
C G DSome say it never left, some say that it got saved
C G DSome say, like everything, it changes over time
C GWell all I know for certain is I'm glad I was around
C G DWhen country came back to town
Am G DOh, when country came back to town
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[Verse]
D ANow here we are eighteen years later with a list a mile long
C GOf names like Childers, Jinks, Price, and Whitey, Hood, Shook, Cook, Cauthen and Combs
D ALord knows it's hard to name them all, but hell, right off the top of my head
C GIsbell, Eady, Patton, Moonpies, Turnpike, Colter, and Crockett
D AmAnd won't be stopping, no name dropping till history books echo the sound
C GOf all the folks who saddled up and drove country
D AmBack to town
D Am G DOh, back to town
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