[Verse 1] Am Our name's been on that mailbox F C The last 100 years Am We're the walking definition F C Of blood, sweat and tears Am You ask them who we are G F They'll tell you mean and surly Am G We're the keepers of tradition F C That Brightleaf and Burley [Chorus] F C We get low down F C We get high as a kite F C Lord I wish I may G Lord I wish I might F C Be singing this song G C When I hit the pearly gates F C G C Greetings from Tobacco Town, USA F C G C G/B Greetings from Tobacco Town, USA [Verse 2] Am I've been wandering these roads F C Since I was 3 years old Am Watching the men I thought were gods F C Turning green leafs into gold Am Now the fields they all lay empty G F Curing barns are growing cold Am G All the while another cash crop F C Just begging to be sold Am Yeah, we got the infrastructure F C Lord know's we got the will Am But a solution to a problem F C Doesn't pay that problem's bills Am So they'll keep calling it illegal G F Keep pumping us with pills Am G Tell Roosevelt what the Bible Belt F C Went and did to his New Deal [Chorus] F C We get low down F C We get high as a kite F C Lord I wish I may G C Lord I wish I might F C Be singing this song G C When I hit the pearly gates F C G C Greetings from Tobacco Town, USA F C G C Greetings from Tobacco Town, USA [Bridge] G We could pay for oil F C Coal and steel G If the factory work ain't left yet F C Bet a dollar that it will G We redefined resilience F C We'll make it somehow Am G F C But if God was going to save us, he'd have done it by now Am G F C If your god was going to save us, he'd have done it by now [Chorus] F C We get low down F C We get high as a kite F C Lord I wish I may G C Lord I wish I might F C Be singing this song G C When I hit the pearly gates F C G C Greetings from Tobacco Town, USA F C G Am Greetings from Tobacco Town, USA [Outro] Am