[Intro]
Em D Em D Em D C G D
[Verse 1]
G
Came through snow and driving rain
C
I came free and I came chained
D G D
I watched ships pull up on shore
G
Worked and played, lived and died
C
Valleys deep in mountainside
D G D
Don't say you don't need me anymore
[Chorus]
C G
'Cause I ain't going nowhere
D G
'Cause I'm right where I belong
C
I don't have to love it
G Em
And I don't have to leave it
C D G
Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
[Verse 2]
G
Soldier, sailor, servant, slave
C
All the blood and sweat I gave
D G D
I sang songs of home I left behind
G
My head's been beaten, my soul's been spent
C
My taxes taken, my back's been bent
D G D
And no one ever paid me any mind
[Chorus]
C G
And I ain't going nowhere
D G
'Cause I'm right where I belong
C
I don't have to love it
G Em
And I don't have to leave it
C D G
Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
C D Em
Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
[Guitar Solo]
Em D Em G D G Em G D C G D
[Verse 3]
G
Been written out of every book
C
Jailed and slandered, robbed and took
D G D
But I always found another way
G
Earn in a factory, fought in the streets
C
Hung from the bridges and died to speak
D G D
I brought you everything you have today
[Chorus]
C G
And I ain't going nowhere
D G
'Cause I'm right where I belong
C
I don't have to love it
G Em
And I don't have to leave it
C D G
Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
C D Em
Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
[Bridge]
G D Em
I'm your brother I've been beaten and mistreated
D
I'm your daughter, I've been lied to, I've been cheated
Em G D
I'm the one they call now when everything's in pieces
Em G D
The forgotten child that you thought you never needed
[Chorus]
C G
I ain't going nowhere
D G
'Cause I'm right where I belong
C
I don't have to love it
G Em
And I don't have to leave it
[Outro]
C D G
Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son
C D Em
Ain't no stranger here, I am your native son