Country Kid Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I was a c[G]ountry kid through and through
I got my [C]bare feet bit by
a wreckin' crew
Of fire [D]ants on a mission
For total domination of the
[G]font [D]yard[G][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Three years old on a ramshackle farm
[C]Winnie the Pooh in the crook of my arm
[D]Brother and sister not meaning no harm,
pickin' [G]on [D]me

[Verse 3]
I was [G]a country kid with
a strong foundation
[C]Gettin' myself a whole second
education in the [D]back of the bus
Kids kissin' and cussin'
all [G]around [D]me

[Verse 4]
[G]One more pickup in the trailer park
[C]Hand to mouth,
livin'll break a young heart
[D]Beautiful girl with a hard,
hard look in her [G]eyes

[Verse 5]
Then I [C]grew up and hit the city
But the sky[G]scrapers never get me
I fly [A]above 'em all the time,
straight through cloud nine
Flowing [D]fast like the Mississippi
I [G]was a

[Verse 6]
country kid shootin'
hoops in the dirt
Hidin' [C]smokes in the pocket
of a homemade shirt
Runnin' [D]laps in the yard until my little
legs hurt and then [G]goin' [D]again

[Verse 7]
[G]Six feet of air off a plywood ramp
Dad's [C]welding machine
parked where I would land
All I could [D]taste was blood,
all I could feel were the rocks
In the palms [G]of my [D]hands

[Verse 8]
I was [G]a country kid throwin'
parties in the woods
[C]Draggin' my friends out of
their neighborhoods
[D]Jealous of their cable TV and
their girls next door
[G]

[Verse 9]
[D]
[G]Slippin' off into the dark
of the night
[C]The shape of a body traced by moonlight
Inter[D]rupted by some other kid
wantin' to fight over [G]her

[Verse 10]
Then I [C]grew up and hit the city
But the sky[G]scrapers never get me
I fly [A]above 'em all the time,
straight through cloud nine
Flowing [D]fast like the Mississippi
Flowing fast like the Mississippi,
[G]woo[D][G]

[Interlude 1]
[C][C#dim][G][D][G]
[C][C#dim][G][D][G]
[C][G]
[A][D]
I [A]was a country

[Verse 11]
kid
Now I'm grown,
with [D]a job and a wife and a son of my own
Navigat[E]in' time zones,
inspectin' the bones of [A]the second [E]half

[Verse 12]
[A]Talkin' to God a little more often
[D]Less requests and more sayin' thank you
For [E]every single town and every
single acre in between
[A]

[Verse 13]
'Cause I [D]grew up and hit the city
But [A]that metropolis'll never get me
I fly [B]above it all the time,
straight through cloud nine
Flowing [E]fast like the Mississippi

[Verse 14]
Yeah, I [D]grew up and hit the city
But the sky[A]scrapers never get me
I fly [B]above 'em all the time,
straight through cloud nine
Flowing [E]fast like the Mississippi