Chords for Barbara Mandrell I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

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Don't touch that dial.
We'll be back with Burt Reynolds, Jane Fonda, and Clint Eastwood.
Let's hear it for them. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Not this year.
_ _ _ _ They said if those people showed up they'd put them on the show.
Oh, I bet they would, yeah. _ _
Here's a little thing that's better than all the names you'll ever hear.
The entertainer of this year or any other year, our little
sweetheart Barbara Mandrell. All right! _
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_ _ _ _ _ I [G] remember wearing straight leg Levi's.
Thanks for choosing me, [C] one star.
_ _ _ _ I [G] remember singing with Rogers at the [G] movies when the West [C] was really wild.
_ _ _ _ [F] I was _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] digging rock and [E] rolling rhythm [Am] and [F] blues.
[Dm] I was country [F] _ [G] when country wasn't [C]
cool.
_ _ _ _ I [G] remember circling the drive-in, pulling up and turning [C] down George Jones.
_ _ I [G] remember when no one was looking, I was putting peanuts [C] in my coal.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] I took a lot of kidding, [G] cause I never did fit in.
[C] Now look at [E] everybody [Am] trying to be what [F] I was then.
[Dm] I was country [F] _ [G] when country [C] wasn't cool.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] I was country _ when country [C] wasn't cool.
_ _ _ I [G] was country from my hat [Em] down to [C] my _ boots.
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I still act [G] and look the same, [C] but what you [E] see ain't nothing [Am] _ [F] new.
[Am] I was country _ [G] when country wasn't [C] cool.
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All us country bumpkins [G] are sticking to our roots.
[C] I'm just glad [E] we're in a country [Am] where we're all free to choose.
I was country _ [G] when country wasn't [C] _
cool.
_ _ _ I [G] was [Em] country _ [G] when [Em] country wasn't [C]
cool.
_ _ _ [Am] _ [G] I was [Em] country [G] from my [Em] hat down to my [C] _
boots.
_ _ _ _ [F] I still act [G] and look the [C] same, but what you see [E] ain't nothing [Am] _ new.
[F] Cause I [Am] was country _ [G] when country wasn't [Em] cool.
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] Yeah, I was country _ [G] when [Em] country wasn't cool.
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