The Way I Was Raised
Recorded by Cain Walker
Album: Donft Tread On Me (2025)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
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(Verse)
My old man (G) taught me right from wrong (D)
Taught me to stay (Em) where I belong (C)
Said hard work (G) is what makes a man (D)
And when you fall (C) down, get back up again (G)

(Verse)
If they knock you down, (G) you get back up (D)
And keep on (Em)moving when times get (C)tough
They canft stand to see (G) a man like us (D)
That wonft stay down (C) and live in the mud (G)

(Chorus)
I donft (G)care what people say (D)
I was (Em)raised to go my own way (C)
To do whatfs (G)right and pull my weight (D)
Thatfs just how (C) I was born and (G)raised

(Verse)
I keep my (G)word, I donft back (D)down
I stand my (Em)ground in this old (C)town
Time may (G)fade, but I wonft change (D)
Thatfs just the way (C) that I was (G)raised

(Verse)
The world spins (G)fast, but I donft run (D)
Ifll leave it (C)better when Ifm (G) done
What Ifve (G)got, Ifll never trade (D)
Thatfs just (C)how I was born and (G)raised

(Chorus)
I donft (G)care what people say (D)
I was (Em)raised to go my own way (C)
To do whatfs (G)right and pull my weight (D)
Thatfs just how (C) I was born and raised (G)

(Outro.)
I keep my (G)word, I donft back down (D)
I stand my (Em)ground in this old (C)town
Time may (G)fade, but I wonft (D)change
Thatfs just the (C)way - - - that I was raised - - - - -