Biography:
Carolina Chocolate Drops is an American old-time string band from Durham, North Carolina. Their 2010 album, Genuine Negro Jig, won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, and was number 9 in fRoots magazine's top 10 albums of 2010.
The band came together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolina's Piedmont. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson both hail from Durham, North Carolina while Dom Flemons is native to Arizona.
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[Intro]
Dm C G D Dm C G D Dm
[Verse 1]
Dm
I was raised in the country that's a natural fact
Dm
Food on the table from the garden out back
C
Everyone working to make the land their own
G
Red clay crackin' where the silver queen grows
Dm
Runnin' with your cousins from yard to yard
Dm
Livin' was easy but the playin' was hard
C
Didn't have much nothing comes for free
G
All you needed was your family
[Chorus]
Dm
I am a country girl
Dm
I've been around the world
C
And every place I've been
G D
Ain't quite nothin' like
Dm
Livin' in the south
Dm
I wanta shut your mouth
C
I am a country girl
G
I am a country girl
[Verse 2]
Dm
Biscuits in the morning and gravy too
Dm
Fried chicken in the afternoon
C
Jaw draggin' eatin' sweet potato pie
G
Takin' half an hour to say goodbye
Dm
Blackberry patches scuffin' on by
Dm
Sweet Georgia peaches and dandelion wine
C
The best kind of food is made by hand
G
The only place to get it is from the land
[Chorus]
Dm
I am a country girl
Dm
I've been around the world
C
And every place I've been
G D
Ain't quite nothin' like
Dm
Livin' in the south
Dm
I wanta shut your mouth
C
I am a country girl
G
I am a country girl
[Verse 3]
Dm
All day I dream about a place in the sun
F
Kinda like where I'm from
G
With the tall grass blowin' in the breeze
Dm
Runnin' bare foot from the tall oak tree
Dm
All day I dream about a place I've been
F
A place where the skin I'm in
G
Feels like its supposed to be
A
And anyone around who looks at me says
[Chorus]
Dm
I am a country girl
Dm
I've been around the world
C
And every place I've been
G D
Ain't quite nothin' like
Dm
Livin' in the south
Dm
I wanta shut your mouth
C
I am a country girl
G
I am a country girl
[Verse 4]
Dm
I was raised in the country that's a natural fact
Dm
On these long city days I wanta look back
C
See tobacco fields a row after row
G
Red clay a crackin' where the silver queen grows
Dm C G D Dm C G D Dm
[Verse 1]
Dm
I was raised in the country that's a natural fact
Dm
Food on the table from the garden out back
C
Everyone working to make the land their own
G
Red clay crackin' where the silver queen grows
Dm
Runnin' with your cousins from yard to yard
Dm
Livin' was easy but the playin' was hard
C
Didn't have much nothing comes for free
G
All you needed was your family
[Chorus]
Dm
I am a country girl
Dm
I've been around the world
C
And every place I've been
G D
Ain't quite nothin' like
Dm
Livin' in the south
Dm
I wanta shut your mouth
C
I am a country girl
G
I am a country girl
[Verse 2]
Dm
Biscuits in the morning and gravy too
Dm
Fried chicken in the afternoon
C
Jaw draggin' eatin' sweet potato pie
G
Takin' half an hour to say goodbye
Dm
Blackberry patches scuffin' on by
Dm
Sweet Georgia peaches and dandelion wine
C
The best kind of food is made by hand
G
The only place to get it is from the land
[Chorus]
Dm
I am a country girl
Dm
I've been around the world
C
And every place I've been
G D
Ain't quite nothin' like
Dm
Livin' in the south
Dm
I wanta shut your mouth
C
I am a country girl
G
I am a country girl
[Verse 3]
Dm
All day I dream about a place in the sun
F
Kinda like where I'm from
G
With the tall grass blowin' in the breeze
Dm
Runnin' bare foot from the tall oak tree
Dm
All day I dream about a place I've been
F
A place where the skin I'm in
G
Feels like its supposed to be
A
And anyone around who looks at me says
[Chorus]
Dm
I am a country girl
Dm
I've been around the world
C
And every place I've been
G D
Ain't quite nothin' like
Dm
Livin' in the south
Dm
I wanta shut your mouth
C
I am a country girl
G
I am a country girl
[Verse 4]
Dm
I was raised in the country that's a natural fact
Dm
On these long city days I wanta look back
C
See tobacco fields a row after row
G
Red clay a crackin' where the silver queen grows
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