Country Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Now, [Am]I grew up down an old dirt road
in a [G]town you wouldn't [D]know
My Pops [G]picked the place up
for [D]fifteen hundred bucks
back in [G]nineteen- sixty- [Am]four

[Verse 2]
My [Am]grandfather was a drinker,
back in the [G]day, he put 'em [D]down
But a [G]war is known to [D]change a man
and the [G]whiskey's known to [Am]change a man

[Chorus 1]
[G]But[D]
that's not [G]me[Am]
I rarely [G]drink from the bottle
[D]but I'll smoke a little [G]weed[Am]
I still [G]live in the sticks
[D]where you wouldn't go
In a [G]town of twelve hundred
[Am]off an old dirt road
And a [G]country boy
[D]is all I'll ever be[G][Am]

[Verse 3]
Now, its [Am]been twelve years
since I sold my soul
to the [G]devil in [D]L. A.
He said [G]sign your name here
[D]on the dotted line
and your [G]songs, they all will [Am]play

[Verse 4]
He [Am]set up shop on Sunset,
he put me [G]up at the [D]Marquee
He said "You [G]want to sell
a [D]million records boy,
[G]you better listen to [Am]me"
He said [G]"Change your style,
[D]whiten your smile,
[G]you could lose a couple [Am]o' pounds
And if you want to [G]live this life,
you [D]better lose that wife,
do you [G]need your friends [Am]around?"

[Chorus 2]
And I [G]said,[D]
no, that's not [G]me[Am]
'Cause the [G]biggest things in life
[D]are your friends and fami[G]ly[Am]
And I [G]like my jeans [D]and my old t-shirts
And a [G]couple extra pounds [Am]never really hurt
'Cause a [G]country boy
[D]is all I'll ever be[G][Am]

[Bridge 1]
'Cause [C]Hank taught me just
[D]how to stay a[Am]live
You'll never [C]catch me out the house
without my [D].9 or .4[Am]5
I got a [C]big orange tractor and a [D]diesel truck
And [Am]my idea of heaven is chasing
whitetail bucks
And as a [C]country boy,
I [D]know I can sur[E]vive

[Verse 5]
Now, [Am]two flags fly above my land
that really [G]sum up how [D]I feel
[G]One is the colors [D]that fly high and proud,
the [G]red, the white, the [Am]blue

[Verse 6]
The [Am]other one's got a rattlesnake
with a [G]simple state[D]ment made
"Don't [G]Tread On [D]Me" is what it says
and I'll [G]take that that to my [Am]grave

[Chorus 3]
Be[G]cause[D]
this is [G]me[Am]
I'm proud to [G]be American
[D]and strong in my be[G]liefs[Am]
And I've [G]said it it before [D]but I'll say it again
'Cause I've [G]never needed
govern[Am]ment to hold my hand
And I've [G]said it before [D]but I'll say it again
'Cause my [G]family's always fought and [Am]died
to save this land
And a [G]country boy
[D]is all I'll ever be[G][Am]
[G][A]

[Outro 1]
[Battle Hymn of the Rebublic]
[A](I love my country, I love my guns,
I love my family
I love the way it is now,
and anybody that tries to change it
Has to come through me,
that should be all our attitudes
'Cause this is America and a country boy
is good enough for me, son)
[Fade out]