Performance: live Key: F 🎸 Intro: F Dm F Dm F 🎸 Verse 1: F Dm C F Dm C F There's a southern accent where I come from Dm C F The teenagers call it country Bb C The Yankees call it dumb Dm C F I got my own way of talkin Bb C Dm C Bb But everything gets done with a souther accent Bb F Where I come from
🎸 Instrumental: F Dm F Dm 🎸 Verse 2: F Dm C F Now that drunk tank in Atlanta Dm C F Just a motel room to me Dm C F Think I might go to work in Orlando Bb C If the orange groves don't freeze Dm C F I got my own way of workin Bb C Dm C Bb Everything is run with a southern accent Bb F Where I come from 🎸 Instrumental: F Dm F Dm 🎸 Bridge: Bb Dm For just a minute I was dreaming Bb Dm For just a minute it was all so real G C F For just minute she was standing there Bb F with me 🎸 Verse 3: F Dm C F There's a dream I've been having Dm C F Where my Mama comes to me Dm C F And kneels down over by the window Bb C And says a prayer for me Dm C F I got my own way of prayin Bb C But everyone's begun Dm C F With a southern accent Bb F Where I come from 🎸 Instrumental: F Dm F Dm 🎸 Verse 4: F Dm C F Over Thirty Seven years have passed Dm C F Since Tom Petty wrote this song Dm C F The Mouse has replaced the Orange Groves Bb C And Florida Natives have moved on Dm C F The "Seminole Wind" keeps blowin Bb C as John Anderson put to the score Dm C Bb But Tom's southern accent Bb F And memories means much more 🎸 Verse 5: F Dm C F He had his own way of livin Bb C But everything got done DM C Bb With a southern accent Bb F Where Tom came from 🎸 Outro: Dm C Bb With a southern accent Bb F Where Tom came from