[Intro]
C G F C
G F C
G F C

[Verse 1]
G F C
Just a red-blooded boy from a blue collar town
G F C
Hooked on that Muscle Shoals and Motown sound
G F C
Nashville bound with my head in the clouds
G F C
They said, “With hopes so high, boy, it’s a long way down”
F
But I was born and raised American tough
C
If I get knocked down, then I’ll just get back up, y’all

[Chorus]
G F C
Ooh-ooh, I ain’t no fortunate son
G F C
Just a country boy of summer that was born to run
G F C
Ooh-ooh, can’t you see?
G F C
I’m runnin’ against the wind, out here runnin’ down a dream
F
Long as the sun hits the sky, I’ll hit the ground runnin’
C G F
Grab my guitar and I’ll keep on, keep on strummin’

[Post-Chorus]
C G F C
Gonna keep on strummin’

[Verse 2]
G
I hit a few bumps tryin’ to find my groove
F C
Got a little road rash on 16th Avenue
G F C
Now, I work hard, sometimes I get paid, y’all
G F C
Sometimes, I don’t, I just play anyway, singin’

[Chorus]
G F C
Ooh-ooh, I ain’t no fortunate son
G F C
Just a country boy of summer that was born to run
G F C
Ooh-ooh, can’t you see?
G F C
I’m runnin’ against the wind, out here runnin’ down a dream
F
Long as the sun hits the sky, I’ll hit the ground runnin’
C G F
Grab my guitar and I’ll keep on, keep on strummin’

[Post-Chorus]
C G F
Gonna keep on strummin’
C G F C
Keep on strummin’

[Solo]
G F C

[Bridge]
G C
If you get knocked down, you get back up
G C
Where I come from, you make your own damn luck
G C
You get knocked down, you get back up
G
If you was born and raised American tough now

[Chorus]
G F C
Ooh-ooh, I ain’t no fortunate son
G F C
Just a country boy of summer that was born to run
G F C
Ooh-ooh, can’t you see?
G F C
I’m runnin’ against the wind, out here runnin’ down a dream
F
Long as the sun hits the sky, I’ll hit the ground runnin’
C G F
Grab my guitar and I’ll keep on, keep on strummin’

[Post-Chorus]
C G F C
Gonna keep on strummin’ woo
G F C
Gonna keep on strummin’

[Outro]
G F C
Yeah, you get knocked down, you get back up