Chords for David Allan Coe- If That Ain't Country
Tempo:
51.15 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
A
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The old man was covered with tattoos and [Eb] scars.
He got some in prison and others in bars.
[F] The rest he got working on old junk cars [Bb] in the daytime.
They looked like tombstones in our yard and I [Eb] never seen him when he wasn't [Bb] tired and mean.
He sold used parts to make ends meet.
[Eb] Covered with grease from his head to [F] his feet, cussing the sweat and the [Bb] Texas heat and mosquitos.
And the neighbors said we live like [Eb] hicks, but they [F] brung their cars [Bb] for Paul to fix anyhow.
He was veteran proud, tried and true.
[Eb] He'd fought till his heart was black [F] and blue.
Didn't know how [Bb] he'd made it through the hard times.
He'd bought our house on a GI [Eb] bill, [F] but it wasn't worth all [Bb] he had to kill to get it.
He drank Pearl in a can in Jack Daniel's [Eb] Black.
Chewed tobacco from a mail [F] pouch sack.
Had an old dog [Bb] that was trained to attack, sometimes.
He'd get drunk and mean as a [Eb] rattlesnake and there [F] wasn't too much that he [Bb] would take from a stranger.
There were 13 kids and a bunch of dogs.
House full of chickens and a yard [F] full of hogs.
Spent the summertime [Bb] cutting up logs for the winter.
Trying like the devil to find the Lord.
Working like [Eb] a nigger from a room [F] in Bord.
Coal burning stove, no natural gas.
If that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
If that ain't country, it'll hair lift the Pope.
If that ain't country, [F] it's a damn good [Bb] joke.
[Eb] I've seen Dee Grand, Lola Free, and I've met Johnny Cash.
[F] If that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
[A] [Bb]
[Eb] [F] [Bb] Mama sells eggs at a grocery [Eb] store.
My oldest sister is a first [F]-rate whore.
Dad says she can't [Bb] come home anymore, and he means it.
Ma just sits and keeps her [Eb] silent.
Sister, she [F] left cause Dad [Bb] got violent, and he knows it.
Mama, she's old far beyond her time.
[Eb] From chopping tobacco, and I've seen her [F] crying.
When blood started flowing [Bb] from her calloused hand, and it hurt me.
She just keep working trying to help the old [Eb] man.
To the end of one [F] row and back [Bb] again, like always.
She's been through hell since [Eb] Junior went to jail.
When the lights go out, she ain't never failed.
[F] To get down on her knees and pray, [Bb] because she loves him.
Told all the neighbors he was off in the war, [F] fighting for freedom.
[Bb] He's good to the core, and she's proud.
Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles.
[Eb] At the end of the porch, there was four stacks of wheels,
[F] and tires for sale for a dollar or two.
[Bb] Cash.
There was fifty holes in an old tin roof.
Me and [Eb] my family, he was [F] living proof.
People who forgot about poor white trash, and if that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
If that ain't country, little hair left to pull.
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke.
[Eb] I've seen these [F] grand old [Bb] libraries, and I bet Johnny [Eb] Cash.
If [F] that ain't country, I'll [Bb] kiss your ass.
I'm thinking of the night of my blue eyes, [F] and shining the great [Bb] speck of gold.
I didn't know God made [Eb] honky-tonk angels, [F] and went back to [Bb] the wild side of life.
[Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[Bb] [Eb] [C]
He got some in prison and others in bars.
[F] The rest he got working on old junk cars [Bb] in the daytime.
They looked like tombstones in our yard and I [Eb] never seen him when he wasn't [Bb] tired and mean.
He sold used parts to make ends meet.
[Eb] Covered with grease from his head to [F] his feet, cussing the sweat and the [Bb] Texas heat and mosquitos.
And the neighbors said we live like [Eb] hicks, but they [F] brung their cars [Bb] for Paul to fix anyhow.
He was veteran proud, tried and true.
[Eb] He'd fought till his heart was black [F] and blue.
Didn't know how [Bb] he'd made it through the hard times.
He'd bought our house on a GI [Eb] bill, [F] but it wasn't worth all [Bb] he had to kill to get it.
He drank Pearl in a can in Jack Daniel's [Eb] Black.
Chewed tobacco from a mail [F] pouch sack.
Had an old dog [Bb] that was trained to attack, sometimes.
He'd get drunk and mean as a [Eb] rattlesnake and there [F] wasn't too much that he [Bb] would take from a stranger.
There were 13 kids and a bunch of dogs.
House full of chickens and a yard [F] full of hogs.
Spent the summertime [Bb] cutting up logs for the winter.
Trying like the devil to find the Lord.
Working like [Eb] a nigger from a room [F] in Bord.
Coal burning stove, no natural gas.
If that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
If that ain't country, it'll hair lift the Pope.
If that ain't country, [F] it's a damn good [Bb] joke.
[Eb] I've seen Dee Grand, Lola Free, and I've met Johnny Cash.
[F] If that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
[A] [Bb]
[Eb] [F] [Bb] Mama sells eggs at a grocery [Eb] store.
My oldest sister is a first [F]-rate whore.
Dad says she can't [Bb] come home anymore, and he means it.
Ma just sits and keeps her [Eb] silent.
Sister, she [F] left cause Dad [Bb] got violent, and he knows it.
Mama, she's old far beyond her time.
[Eb] From chopping tobacco, and I've seen her [F] crying.
When blood started flowing [Bb] from her calloused hand, and it hurt me.
She just keep working trying to help the old [Eb] man.
To the end of one [F] row and back [Bb] again, like always.
She's been through hell since [Eb] Junior went to jail.
When the lights go out, she ain't never failed.
[F] To get down on her knees and pray, [Bb] because she loves him.
Told all the neighbors he was off in the war, [F] fighting for freedom.
[Bb] He's good to the core, and she's proud.
Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles.
[Eb] At the end of the porch, there was four stacks of wheels,
[F] and tires for sale for a dollar or two.
[Bb] Cash.
There was fifty holes in an old tin roof.
Me and [Eb] my family, he was [F] living proof.
People who forgot about poor white trash, and if that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
If that ain't country, little hair left to pull.
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke.
[Eb] I've seen these [F] grand old [Bb] libraries, and I bet Johnny [Eb] Cash.
If [F] that ain't country, I'll [Bb] kiss your ass.
I'm thinking of the night of my blue eyes, [F] and shining the great [Bb] speck of gold.
I didn't know God made [Eb] honky-tonk angels, [F] and went back to [Bb] the wild side of life.
[Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[Bb] [Eb] [C]
Key:
Bb
F
Eb
A
Cm
Bb
F
Eb
_ _ _ _ The old man was covered with tattoos and [Eb] scars.
He got some in prison and others in bars.
[F] The rest he got working on old junk cars [Bb] in the daytime.
They looked like tombstones in our yard and I [Eb] never seen him when he wasn't [Bb] tired and mean.
He sold used parts to make ends meet.
[Eb] Covered with grease from his head to [F] his feet, cussing the sweat and the [Bb] Texas heat and mosquitos.
And the neighbors said we live like [Eb] hicks, but they [F] brung their cars [Bb] for Paul to fix anyhow.
He was veteran proud, tried and true.
[Eb] He'd fought till his heart was black [F] and blue.
Didn't know how [Bb] he'd made it through the hard times.
He'd bought our house on a GI [Eb] bill, [F] but it wasn't worth all [Bb] he had to kill to get it.
He drank Pearl in a can in Jack Daniel's [Eb] Black.
Chewed tobacco from a mail [F] pouch sack.
Had an old dog [Bb] that was trained to attack, sometimes.
He'd get drunk and mean as a [Eb] rattlesnake and there [F] wasn't too much that he [Bb] would take from a stranger.
There were 13 kids and a bunch of dogs.
House full of chickens and a yard [F] full of hogs.
Spent the summertime [Bb] cutting up logs for the winter.
Trying like the devil to find the Lord.
Working like [Eb] a nigger from a room [F] in Bord.
Coal burning stove, no natural gas.
If that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
If that ain't country, it'll hair lift the Pope.
If that ain't country, [F] it's a damn good [Bb] joke.
[Eb] I've seen Dee Grand, Lola Free, and I've met Johnny Cash.
[F] If that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
[A] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Mama sells eggs at a grocery [Eb] store.
My oldest sister is a first [F]-rate whore.
Dad says she can't [Bb] come home anymore, and he means it.
Ma just sits and keeps her [Eb] silent.
Sister, she [F] left cause Dad [Bb] got violent, and he knows it.
Mama, she's old far beyond her time.
[Eb] From chopping tobacco, and I've seen her [F] crying.
When blood started flowing [Bb] from her calloused hand, and it hurt me.
She just keep working trying to help the old [Eb] man.
To the end of one [F] row and back [Bb] again, like always.
She's been through hell since [Eb] Junior went to jail.
When the lights go out, she ain't never failed.
[F] To get down on her knees and pray, [Bb] because she loves him.
Told all the neighbors he was off in the war, [F] fighting for freedom.
[Bb] He's good to the core, and she's proud.
Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles.
[Eb] At the end of the porch, there was four stacks of wheels,
[F] and tires for sale for a dollar or two.
[Bb] Cash.
There was fifty holes in an old tin roof.
Me and [Eb] my family, he was [F] living proof.
People who forgot about poor white trash, and if that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
If that ain't country, little hair left to pull.
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke.
[Eb] I've seen these [F] grand old [Bb] libraries, and I bet Johnny [Eb] Cash.
If [F] that ain't country, I'll [Bb] kiss your ass.
I'm thinking of the night of my blue eyes, [F] and shining the great [Bb] speck of gold.
I didn't know God made [Eb] honky-tonk angels, [F] and went back to [Bb] the wild side of life. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
He got some in prison and others in bars.
[F] The rest he got working on old junk cars [Bb] in the daytime.
They looked like tombstones in our yard and I [Eb] never seen him when he wasn't [Bb] tired and mean.
He sold used parts to make ends meet.
[Eb] Covered with grease from his head to [F] his feet, cussing the sweat and the [Bb] Texas heat and mosquitos.
And the neighbors said we live like [Eb] hicks, but they [F] brung their cars [Bb] for Paul to fix anyhow.
He was veteran proud, tried and true.
[Eb] He'd fought till his heart was black [F] and blue.
Didn't know how [Bb] he'd made it through the hard times.
He'd bought our house on a GI [Eb] bill, [F] but it wasn't worth all [Bb] he had to kill to get it.
He drank Pearl in a can in Jack Daniel's [Eb] Black.
Chewed tobacco from a mail [F] pouch sack.
Had an old dog [Bb] that was trained to attack, sometimes.
He'd get drunk and mean as a [Eb] rattlesnake and there [F] wasn't too much that he [Bb] would take from a stranger.
There were 13 kids and a bunch of dogs.
House full of chickens and a yard [F] full of hogs.
Spent the summertime [Bb] cutting up logs for the winter.
Trying like the devil to find the Lord.
Working like [Eb] a nigger from a room [F] in Bord.
Coal burning stove, no natural gas.
If that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
If that ain't country, it'll hair lift the Pope.
If that ain't country, [F] it's a damn good [Bb] joke.
[Eb] I've seen Dee Grand, Lola Free, and I've met Johnny Cash.
[F] If that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
[A] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Mama sells eggs at a grocery [Eb] store.
My oldest sister is a first [F]-rate whore.
Dad says she can't [Bb] come home anymore, and he means it.
Ma just sits and keeps her [Eb] silent.
Sister, she [F] left cause Dad [Bb] got violent, and he knows it.
Mama, she's old far beyond her time.
[Eb] From chopping tobacco, and I've seen her [F] crying.
When blood started flowing [Bb] from her calloused hand, and it hurt me.
She just keep working trying to help the old [Eb] man.
To the end of one [F] row and back [Bb] again, like always.
She's been through hell since [Eb] Junior went to jail.
When the lights go out, she ain't never failed.
[F] To get down on her knees and pray, [Bb] because she loves him.
Told all the neighbors he was off in the war, [F] fighting for freedom.
[Bb] He's good to the core, and she's proud.
Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles.
[Eb] At the end of the porch, there was four stacks of wheels,
[F] and tires for sale for a dollar or two.
[Bb] Cash.
There was fifty holes in an old tin roof.
Me and [Eb] my family, he was [F] living proof.
People who forgot about poor white trash, and if that ain't country, [Bb] I'll kiss your ass.
If that ain't country, little hair left to pull.
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke.
[Eb] I've seen these [F] grand old [Bb] libraries, and I bet Johnny [Eb] Cash.
If [F] that ain't country, I'll [Bb] kiss your ass.
I'm thinking of the night of my blue eyes, [F] and shining the great [Bb] speck of gold.
I didn't know God made [Eb] honky-tonk angels, [F] and went back to [Bb] the wild side of life. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _