Tried And True
Written by Matt Hendrix & Clay Davidson
Recorded by Montgomery Gentry

(No Capo)

Intro.:  |(Am) |(D/A) |(Am) |(D/A) |(D) |(C) |(G/B)(C)|(D) |

(D)I was born in a small town in the (C)hills of Tennessee
Ken-(G/B)tucky raised, (C)just a country boy and that's (D)all I'll ever be
My daddy ran a still house to (C)keep us kids alive
Just (G/B)doin' what (C)he had to do (D)after mama died

(G) The same people that (G/F)called him (D)no good
Would meet him in the (C)back woods (G/B) for a little taste (D)
He said (G)I may take your money (G/F)but don't (D)put yourself above me
Don't (C)cut me down (G/B) as you walk away (A) (C)

'Cause (F)you don't (D)know me you don't (C)know who I am
(G/B)You don't know the (C)pain that I've been (D)through
So don't judge me till you (C)stand where I stand
(G/B)I don't need (C)you or anyone (A)else to approve
'Cause the (C)blood in these (Bm)veins is (G)tried (F)and true (D)

Solo:  |(Am) |(D/A) |(Am) |(D/A) |

(D)I left home at sixteen with a (C)guitar on my back
With (G/B)everything I (C)called my own I (D)carried in a paper sack
Spent years of havin' nothin' and (C)sleepin' in my car
I'd (G/B)drive all day and (C)play all night in the (D)honky tonks and bars

(G) The same people that (G/F)called me (D)crazy 
Said I'm too (C)lazy (G/B) to amount to anything (D)
Are the (G)first ones to the stage (G/F) just (D)beggin' for a little taste
Who (C)say you knew me (G/B)when no-(A)body knew my name (C)

But (F)you don't (D)know me you don't (C)know who I am
(G/B)You don't know the (C)pain that I've been (D)through
So don't judge me till you (C)stand where I stand
(G/B)I don't need (C)you or anyone (A)else to approve
'Cause the (C)blood in these (Bm)veins is (G)tried (F)and true

Solo:  |(D) |(C) |(G/B)(C)|(D) | x 2

(G) The same people that (G/F)called me (D)crazy 
Said I'm too (C)lazy to (G/B) amount to anything (D)
Are the (G)first ones to the stage (G/F) just (D)beggin' for a little taste 
Who (C)say you knew me (G/B)when no-(A)body knew my name (C)

But (F)you don't (D)know me you don't (C)know who I am
(G/B)You don't know the (C)pain that I've been (D)through
So don't judge me till you (C)stand where I stand
(G/B)I don't need (C)you or anyone (A)else to approve 
'Cause the (C)blood in these (Bm)veins is (G)tried (F)and true

Oh, the (C)blood in these (Bm)veins is (G)tried (F)and true

Outro.:  |(D) |(C) |(G/B)(C)|(D) | x 8