https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzFzUx-Pe5M Verse 1 (G) We wasn't rich but we wasn't poor Lived on a cul-de-sac 'til my parents divorced I drove a hand-me-down Ford pickup truck We had to drive ten miles just to sink it in the mud A#-A-G Come on, come on, A#-A-G Come on, come On (G) I went to private school for a couple of years And I loved Jesus but I still drank beer I played high school football but I didn't start Coach said I was slow but I hit real hard Chorus:

^A#Hey, ^Ahey ^Gwhat can I say I ^A#grew up in ^Athe heartland ^GUSA I sing it ^A#loud and ^Aproud and I ^Gmake a lotta noise I'm an a^Fll-American mi^Gddle class white boy

Verse 2

^GLived in the sticks 'til I moved to the city But the stars ain't as bright and the girls ain't as pretty I still say yes sir, ma'am and y'all So don't you be hatin' on the way I talk Hoss

Chorus

^A#Hey, ^Ahey ^Gwhat can I say I ^A#grew up in ^Athe heartland ^GUSA I sing it ^A#loud and ^Aproud and I ^Gmake a lotta noise I'm an a^Fll-American mi^Gddle class white boy

Verse 3

^GI like what I like, I am who I am And even when they lose, I'm still a Bulldog fan I rocked DMX when I was I kid And now I sing country music like my daddy did

Chorus X2

^A#Hey, ^Ahey ^Gwhat can I say I ^A#grew up in ^Athe heartland ^GUSA I sing it ^A#loud and ^Aproud and I ^Gmake a lotta noise I'm an a^Fll-American mi^Gddle class white boy

Thomas Rhett - All american middle class white boy