[Verse 1] N.C. I've got these letters tattooed on my arm That remind me each second of where I come from C#m B E And the long hard road to guide me back home E Back to my mama who raised me up right A And back to my lady I held every night C#m B It's a long hard road trying to get home C#m B I've been gone now for too long [Chorus] E I'm not trying to stop a hurricane E A I'm not trying to shake the ground below A C#m B A I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home E I'm not trying to part the ocean waves E A I'm not trying to overthrow the throne A C#m B A I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home A E I'm just trying to get home [Verse 2] E I've got this image engraved in my mind A Of a light that I had in a whole different time C#m B It still breathes and lives at the end of the road E I've seen mountains and valleys through my missing days A But I never once parted with how you begged me to stay C#m B A I will run down that long hard and treacherous road to get home [Chorus] E I'm not trying to stop a hurricane A I'm not trying to shake the ground below C#m B A I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home E I'm not trying to part the ocean waves E A I'm not trying to overthrow the throne A C#m B A I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home A E I'm just trying to get home [Bridge] N.C. I've been gone for so long But my heart it carries on As it pounds like a drum On my journey back home E I've been gone for so long E But my heart it carries on C#m I won't give up [Chorus] E I'm not trying to stop a hurricane E A I'm not trying to shake the ground below A C#m B A I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home A E I'm not trying to part the ocean waves E A I'm not trying to overthrow the throne A C#m B A I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home A E I'm just trying to get home E I'm just trying to get home [X2]