Chords for 'I'm That Country' (Songwriter Wynn Varble - Tough) Recorded by Justin McBride

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_ _ _ Like a homegrown tomato, fresh off the [G] vine, Pintos and cornbread and [F] [D] dandelion wine, _ _
Square bills, John Deeres, and coffee by the [G] pound,
A wide spot in the [G] road, a few people [D] call town,
_ _ [A] A mason jar full of sweet tea, _ I'm [D] that country _ [C] boy,
[D] Like five strands of barbed wire that wraps up a farm,
_ [G] _ This song was _ _ _ _ recorded by [Bb] Justin McBride on his record, and I'll do this one for you.
If [Em] you've ever been in a gas station and one of them big rumbling cars pulls up, you'll know what I'm talking about.
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_ _ [Em] You think you're tough with your big bass [C] speakers kicking in the back,
[D] And your triple-leg lyrics blaring from your [Em] pute green Cadillac,
_ You got your blink-blank on and your tattoos [C] running up and down your arm,
[D] Oh, ain't you bad with the seat of your [Em] bridges hanging down that far,
[D] Hey, I hate to break you to your [C] pump, but all that stuff,
[D] Ain't got a thing to do with [C] being tough,
_ [Em] Because tough [D] is your fingers [C] bleeding, it's a hundred [D] degrees and you're getting [Em] up,
Hey, tough [D] is your old [C] man yelling, get up out of [A] that bed at the break of [Am] day,
Keep it [G] on going when you know you've [C] had enough,
_ _ [Em] That's tough, _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] it might seem that I'm coming [C] down a little hard on you,
[G] But you [D] think you're a man and you still got [Em] a lot of growing up to do,
I bet you talk a big game when you're hanging with [C] your boys in some pool hall,
[D] But I wonder how you'd act if you really had [Em] your back up against the wall,
[D] I'm sure those joints you hang out [C] in get pretty rough,
But [D] you've got a lot to learn about [C] being tough,
_ [Em] Because tough [D] is a single [C] mom working three [A] jobs so her kids can [Em] eat,
Tough [D] is reading bedtime [C] stories when your body's [D] begging you to go to [Am] sleep,
Giving [G] all you got for what [C] you love,
_ [Em] That's tough, [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] you see it [D] wasn't very long ago my little [C] brother was about your age,
[A] He joined the Corps and before we [C] knew it they shipped him away, so far away,
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Tough [D] is a mama [C] crying, waving [D] goodbyes her baby [Em] leaves,
Tough [D] is a teenage [C] soldier on the front line [A] fighting just to keep you free,
Praying for [G] one more day from God [C] above,
_ [Em] That's tough, [D] _ _ [C] _ _ son [Em] that's tough,
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Pull your [D] bridges up boy,
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