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               N.C.
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