Chords for David Allan Coe- If that ain't country
Tempo:
91.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] .
The old man was covered with tattoos and [Eb] scars.
He got some in prison and others in bar.
[F] The rest he got working on old junk [Bb] cars in the daytime.
They look like tombstones in our [Eb] yard, and I never seen him when [F] he wasn't tired [Bb] me.
He sold used parts to make ends [Eb] meet.
Covered with grease from his head to his feet [F] cussing the sweat and the Texas heat [Bb] and mosquitoes.
And the neighbors said we live like [Eb] hicks, but they've run [F] their cars for Paul [Bb] to fix anyhow.
He was veteran proud tried and [Eb] true.
He'd fought till his heart was black and blue.
[F] Didn't know how he'd made it through [Bb] the hard times.
He bought our house on the GI Bill, [Eb] but it wasn't [F] worth all he had to [Bb] kill to get it.
He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black [Eb] chewed the backer from a mail pouch [F] sack had an old dog that was.
trained to [Bb] attack sometimes.
He'd get drunk and mean as a [Eb] rattlesnake and there wasn't too [F] much that he would [Bb] take from a stranger.
[Eb] There were 13 [F] kids and a bunch of [Bb] dogs.
House full of [Eb] chickens in a yard full [F] of hogs.
Spent [Eb] the summertime [F] cutting up [Bb] logs for the winter.
[Eb] Sound like [F] the devil to find [Bb] the Lord working like [Eb] a nigga from a room and board.
[F] Coal burning stove no natural gas if that ain't country out kiss your [Bb] ass .
That [Eb] ain't country.
[F] It'll hair [Bb] lift the Pope .
That [Eb] ain't country.
[F] It's a damn [Bb] good joke.
I've seen [Eb] you grand [F] old.
Lobby [Bb] and I met [Eb] Johnny.
Hey.
That [F] ain't country.
I'll [Bb] kiss your ass.
Mama [A] [Bb] .
[Eb] [F] .
[Bb] sells eggs at a grocery store.
[Eb] My oldest sister is a first-rate whore [F] dad says she can't come home [Bb] anymore.
He means it.
My just sits and keeps her silence [Eb] sister.
She left [F] cause dad got violent [Bb] and he knows it.
Mama, she's old far beyond her time.
[Eb] Chopping tobacco and I seen her crying [F] when blood started flowing from her [Bb] calloused hand and it hurt me.
She just keep working trying to help the old [Eb] man to the end of the one [F] row and back [Bb] again like always.
She's been through hell since junior went to jail [Eb] 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 [Eb] fighting for freedom.
[F] He's good to [Bb] 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 [F] wheels and tires to sell for a dollar or two [Bb] cash.
There [Eb] was 50 holes in [F] the old tin roof.
[Bb] Me and [Eb] my family he was living proof [F] people who forgot about poor white trash and if that ain't country out kiss [Bb] your ass.
[Eb] That ain't country.
[F] [Bb] It'll hurt live.
Oh.
[Eb] That ain't country.
[F] It's [Bb] damn good joke.
I've [Eb] seen.
[F] [Bb] That .
[Eb] [F] ain't country out [Bb] kiss your ass .
[Eb] [F] .
[Bb] I didn't know God made honky [Eb]-tonk angels and [F] went back to the [Bb] wild side of life.
[Eb] [F] [Bb] .
[Eb] [F] [Bb] .
[Eb] .
[F] .
The old man was covered with tattoos and [Eb] scars.
He got some in prison and others in bar.
[F] The rest he got working on old junk [Bb] cars in the daytime.
They look like tombstones in our [Eb] yard, and I never seen him when [F] he wasn't tired [Bb] me.
He sold used parts to make ends [Eb] meet.
Covered with grease from his head to his feet [F] cussing the sweat and the Texas heat [Bb] and mosquitoes.
And the neighbors said we live like [Eb] hicks, but they've run [F] their cars for Paul [Bb] to fix anyhow.
He was veteran proud tried and [Eb] true.
He'd fought till his heart was black and blue.
[F] Didn't know how he'd made it through [Bb] the hard times.
He bought our house on the GI Bill, [Eb] but it wasn't [F] worth all he had to [Bb] kill to get it.
He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black [Eb] chewed the backer from a mail pouch [F] sack had an old dog that was.
trained to [Bb] attack sometimes.
He'd get drunk and mean as a [Eb] rattlesnake and there wasn't too [F] much that he would [Bb] take from a stranger.
[Eb] There were 13 [F] kids and a bunch of [Bb] dogs.
House full of [Eb] chickens in a yard full [F] of hogs.
Spent [Eb] the summertime [F] cutting up [Bb] logs for the winter.
[Eb] Sound like [F] the devil to find [Bb] the Lord working like [Eb] a nigga from a room and board.
[F] Coal burning stove no natural gas if that ain't country out kiss your [Bb] ass .
That [Eb] ain't country.
[F] It'll hair [Bb] lift the Pope .
That [Eb] ain't country.
[F] It's a damn [Bb] good joke.
I've seen [Eb] you grand [F] old.
Lobby [Bb] and I met [Eb] Johnny.
Hey.
That [F] ain't country.
I'll [Bb] kiss your ass.
Mama [A] [Bb] .
[Eb] [F] .
[Bb] sells eggs at a grocery store.
[Eb] My oldest sister is a first-rate whore [F] dad says she can't come home [Bb] anymore.
He means it.
My just sits and keeps her silence [Eb] sister.
She left [F] cause dad got violent [Bb] and he knows it.
Mama, she's old far beyond her time.
[Eb] Chopping tobacco and I seen her crying [F] when blood started flowing from her [Bb] calloused hand and it hurt me.
She just keep working trying to help the old [Eb] man to the end of the one [F] row and back [Bb] again like always.
She's been through hell since junior went to jail [Eb] 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 [Eb] fighting for freedom.
[F] He's good to [Bb] 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 [F] wheels and tires to sell for a dollar or two [Bb] cash.
There [Eb] was 50 holes in [F] the old tin roof.
[Bb] Me and [Eb] my family he was living proof [F] people who forgot about poor white trash and if that ain't country out kiss [Bb] your ass.
[Eb] That ain't country.
[F] [Bb] It'll hurt live.
Oh.
[Eb] That ain't country.
[F] It's [Bb] damn good joke.
I've [Eb] seen.
[F] [Bb] That .
[Eb] [F] ain't country out [Bb] kiss your ass .
[Eb] [F] .
[Bb] I didn't know God made honky [Eb]-tonk angels and [F] went back to the [Bb] wild side of life.
[Eb] [F] [Bb] .
[Eb] [F] [Bb] .
[Eb] .
[F] .
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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The old man was covered with tattoos and [Eb] scars.
He got some in prison and others in bar.
[F] The rest he got working on old junk [Bb] cars in the daytime.
They look like tombstones in our [Eb] yard, and I never seen him when [F] he wasn't tired [Bb] me.
_ He sold used parts to make ends [Eb] meet.
Covered with grease from his head to his feet [F] cussing the sweat and the Texas heat [Bb] and mosquitoes.
And the neighbors said we live like [Eb] hicks, but they've run [F] their cars for Paul [Bb] to fix anyhow.
He was veteran proud tried and [Eb] true.
He'd fought till his heart was black and blue.
[F] Didn't know how he'd made it through [Bb] the hard times.
He bought our house on the GI Bill, [Eb] but it wasn't [F] worth all he had to [Bb] kill to get it.
He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black [Eb] chewed the backer from a mail pouch [F] sack had an old dog that was.
trained to [Bb] attack _ sometimes.
He'd get drunk and mean as a [Eb] rattlesnake and there wasn't too [F] much that he would [Bb] take from a stranger.
[Eb] There were 13 [F] kids and a bunch of [Bb] dogs.
House full of [Eb] chickens in a yard full [F] of hogs.
Spent [Eb] the summertime [F] cutting up [Bb] logs for the winter.
_ _ [Eb] Sound like [F] the devil to find [Bb] the Lord working like [Eb] a nigga from a room and board.
[F] Coal burning stove no natural gas if that ain't country out kiss your [Bb] ass _ .
That [Eb] ain't country.
_ [F] It'll hair [Bb] lift the Pope _ .
That [Eb] ain't country.
[F] It's a damn [Bb] good joke.
I've seen [Eb] you grand [F] old.
Lobby [Bb] and I met [Eb] Johnny.
_ Hey.
That [F] ain't country.
_ I'll [Bb] kiss your ass.
Mama [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ .
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
[Bb] _ _ _ _ sells eggs at a grocery store.
[Eb] My oldest sister is a first-rate whore [F] dad says she can't come home [Bb] anymore.
He means it.
_ My just sits and keeps her silence [Eb] sister.
She left [F] cause dad got violent [Bb] and he knows it.
Mama, she's old far beyond her time.
[Eb] Chopping tobacco and I seen her crying [F] when blood started flowing from her [Bb] calloused hand and it hurt me.
She just keep working trying to help the old [Eb] man to the end of the one [F] row and back [Bb] again like always.
She's been through hell since junior went to jail [Eb] 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 [Eb] fighting for freedom.
[F] He's good to [Bb] 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 [F] wheels and tires to sell for a dollar or two [Bb] cash.
There [Eb] was 50 holes in [F] the old tin roof.
[Bb] Me and [Eb] my family he was living proof [F] people who forgot about poor white trash and if that ain't country out kiss [Bb] your ass.
_ [Eb] That ain't country.
[F] _ [Bb] It'll hurt live.
Oh.
_ [Eb] That ain't country.
[F] It's [Bb] damn good joke.
I've [Eb] seen.
_ [F] _ [Bb] That _ .
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] ain't country out [Bb] kiss your ass _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
[Bb] _ _ I didn't know God made honky [Eb]-tonk angels and [F] went back to the [Bb] wild side of life.
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[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ .
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The old man was covered with tattoos and [Eb] scars.
He got some in prison and others in bar.
[F] The rest he got working on old junk [Bb] cars in the daytime.
They look like tombstones in our [Eb] yard, and I never seen him when [F] he wasn't tired [Bb] me.
_ He sold used parts to make ends [Eb] meet.
Covered with grease from his head to his feet [F] cussing the sweat and the Texas heat [Bb] and mosquitoes.
And the neighbors said we live like [Eb] hicks, but they've run [F] their cars for Paul [Bb] to fix anyhow.
He was veteran proud tried and [Eb] true.
He'd fought till his heart was black and blue.
[F] Didn't know how he'd made it through [Bb] the hard times.
He bought our house on the GI Bill, [Eb] but it wasn't [F] worth all he had to [Bb] kill to get it.
He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black [Eb] chewed the backer from a mail pouch [F] sack had an old dog that was.
trained to [Bb] attack _ sometimes.
He'd get drunk and mean as a [Eb] rattlesnake and there wasn't too [F] much that he would [Bb] take from a stranger.
[Eb] There were 13 [F] kids and a bunch of [Bb] dogs.
House full of [Eb] chickens in a yard full [F] of hogs.
Spent [Eb] the summertime [F] cutting up [Bb] logs for the winter.
_ _ [Eb] Sound like [F] the devil to find [Bb] the Lord working like [Eb] a nigga from a room and board.
[F] Coal burning stove no natural gas if that ain't country out kiss your [Bb] ass _ .
That [Eb] ain't country.
_ [F] It'll hair [Bb] lift the Pope _ .
That [Eb] ain't country.
[F] It's a damn [Bb] good joke.
I've seen [Eb] you grand [F] old.
Lobby [Bb] and I met [Eb] Johnny.
_ Hey.
That [F] ain't country.
_ I'll [Bb] kiss your ass.
Mama [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ .
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
[Bb] _ _ _ _ sells eggs at a grocery store.
[Eb] My oldest sister is a first-rate whore [F] dad says she can't come home [Bb] anymore.
He means it.
_ My just sits and keeps her silence [Eb] sister.
She left [F] cause dad got violent [Bb] and he knows it.
Mama, she's old far beyond her time.
[Eb] Chopping tobacco and I seen her crying [F] when blood started flowing from her [Bb] calloused hand and it hurt me.
She just keep working trying to help the old [Eb] man to the end of the one [F] row and back [Bb] again like always.
She's been through hell since junior went to jail [Eb] 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 [Eb] fighting for freedom.
[F] He's good to [Bb] 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 [F] wheels and tires to sell for a dollar or two [Bb] cash.
There [Eb] was 50 holes in [F] the old tin roof.
[Bb] Me and [Eb] my family he was living proof [F] people who forgot about poor white trash and if that ain't country out kiss [Bb] your ass.
_ [Eb] That ain't country.
[F] _ [Bb] It'll hurt live.
Oh.
_ [Eb] That ain't country.
[F] It's [Bb] damn good joke.
I've [Eb] seen.
_ [F] _ [Bb] That _ .
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] ain't country out [Bb] kiss your ass _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ .
[Bb] _ _ I didn't know God made honky [Eb]-tonk angels and [F] went back to the [Bb] wild side of life.
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[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ .
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