I Came Here to Live chords by
Trace Adkins

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
A A 
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I  grew up in
a town where tough was a cigarette
And a souped up car on
a county road
Nothin' much to do back then
So we'd make bets
On how much drink a guy could hold
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And I held my own
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Learn to hold my own
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Verse 2
Daddy works some dead- end
job at the concrete plant
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Mama taught the Sunday bible class
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For eighteen years I remember
thinkin'
There was more to life than that
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So I ran the streets to beat the Devil
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Goin' just as fast as I could fly
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E E 
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'Cause I came here to live
I didn't come here to die
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Verse 3
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Mama used to wait for me
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with the porch light on
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Worried about her little boy 'til I got home
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Daddy he'd say listen son
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But back then there wasn't much
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That I didn't already know
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Verse 4
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I reckon I was doing close to 80
When I felt the tire slip
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out from under me
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And I never set out lookin' for Jesus
So I guess Jesus come lookin' for me
And He found me upset
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down in a ditch
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Smokin' gas in my eyes
And He said son you came
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here to live
You didn't come here to die
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Verse 5
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Sunday morning I got up
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and I went to church
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That summer I got a job
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and I went to work
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Met a girl in town put some money down
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On a little house with a yard
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Verse 6
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Our little boy was due in September
But he came early in July
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For eighteen days all I
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remember
Was settin' there at his side
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Sayin' son open up your eyes
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Just open up your eyes
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'Cause you came here to live
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You didn't come here to die
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Son you came here to live