I Come from a Place â Kaitlin Deavy
Key B [Capo 4 â Play in G]
[verse 1]
G D/F#
I come from a place where you drive fast and you get there faster
Em
Stop signs are optional thereâs no risk of disaster
C G
Tap the breaks, slow down and look both ways you see for miles
[verse 2]
G D/F#
I come from a place we would hang out in the backyard
Em
BBQ, play with the dogs, then weâd light up the campfire
C G
Singing songs all night till all the neighbours gather round
[verse 3]
G D/F#
I come from a place we would bike out to the old creek
Em
Catching fish make promises we knew that we could never keep
C D G
But man, we were alive way then
[chorus]
C G
I did not know it at the time
C
That these people and these streets would be the
D
strings that pull me back each time
[verse 4]
G D/F#
I come from a place we would walk down to the outdoor rink
Em
Lace up our skates pick teams, hockey playinâ until our cheeks were pink
C G
And our toes were numb
[verse 5]
G D/F#
I come from a place where my neighbours all know my name
Em
They watched me grow up, throw the ball, they laughed when I learned how to
C G
Drive⦠I got them back⦠when I babysat their kids!
[verse 6]
G D/F#
I come from a place where the whole world shuts down at night
Em
No one on the streets, no screaminâ sirens, rushing cars or bright
C G
Lights the sun goes down and it gets dark
[verse 7]
G D/F#
I come from a place where my mom went to my high school
Em
My grandma went there too and all my aunts and uncles met there
C D G
They fell in love, their pictureâs still on the wall
[chorus]
C G
I did not know it at the time
C
That these people and these streets would be the
D
strings that pull me back each time
[verse 8]
G
I come from a place where my mom and dad still in the
Em
house that they build the house that I grew up in
C G
Hasnât changed that much new kitchen floor
[verse 9]
G D/F#
I go back to that place, every now and then I visit
Em
Catch up with old friends, you can bet that I miss them
C G
That place will always be my home
[verse 10]
G D/F#
Now Iâm from a place where the trains fly through the sky
Em
I live in a tall building, lookinâ down itâs really high
C G
No one knows my name
[chorus]
C G
I did not know it at the time
C
That these people and these streets would be the
D
strings that pull me back each time
[verse 11]
G
If I settle down, I want my kids to drive real fast
Em
To bike down to the creek, sing around the campfire in back
C G
I want a life like that
[chorus]
C G
I did not know it at the time
C
That these people and these streets would be the
D
strings that pull me back
