Tva

	  		
Intro: G C D G 

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I grew up two hours north of Birmingham 
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Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam 
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He told some stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant 
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When I got a little older, I wouldn't and now Daddy can't 



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So I thank God for the TVA 
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Thank God for the TVA 
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Where me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray 
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Thank God for the TVA 


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When I was 15, me and my girl sat out on the lock 
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Watchin' the raccoons and terrapins dance on rocks 
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She let me put my hand up under her shirt 
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I wanted her to want me so bad, it hurt 



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So I thank God for the TVA 
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Thank God for the TVA 
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Where me and my baby used to lay around and wait on the day 
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Thank God for the TVA 



Intro: D C D G (3x)

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My granddaddy told me when he was just 7 or so  
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His daddy lost work and they didn't have a row to hoe 
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Not too much to eat for 7 boys and 3 girls 
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All lived in a tent, a bunch of sharecroppers versus the world 

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So his momma sat down and wrote a letter to FDR 
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Then a couple days later, a couple of country men came in a car 
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Rolled out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow 
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And he helped build the damn, gave power to most the South 

 
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So I thank God for the TVA 
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Thank God for the TVA 
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Where Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day's pay 
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Thank God for the TVA