Chords for George Jones : A place in the country (lyrics)
Tempo:
80.75 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
G
Db
C
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
For thirty some [C] odd years he [D] faced the grind here in the city,
[G] hustling [C] day in, day out, [D] just trying to survive.
[C] He bought his wife the fonder things [G] and sent his kids to college.
[C] That always took what a little bit he [Am] tried to put [D] aside.
[G] But through it all [C] he had one thing [D] that seemed to keep him going,
[G] a dream that someday [C] he could leave [D] this city life behind.
[C] I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but [G] his dream had never faded.
[C] He told me all about it [D] at least a [G] thousand times.
He always wanted a place out [C] in the country
where [G] the birds sing in the morning
[D] and the [A] grass is [D] emerald green.
[G] I swear he could feel the [C] morning sunshine
and sit out in [G] the evening [Am] where the [D] air is fresh [G] and clean.
[Eb] [Ab] It took lots of [Db] overtime to [Eb] keep his wife up with the [Ab] Joneses
and more to [Db] get his son out [Eb] of his run-ins with the law.
[Db] The more it took, the more he [Ab] gave, never once complaining.
[Db] I don't know how he ever stood [Bbm] the pressure of [Eb] it all.
[Ab] I never [Db] thought he'd make it, [Eb] but he finally left the city.
[Ab] And now he's got [Db] that special little [Eb] place to call his own.
[Db] Today I took a ride out in [Ab] the country just to see it.
[Db]
It wasn't hard to find because [Eb] his name was [Ab] on the stone.
He always wanted a place out [Db] in the country
[Ab] where the birds sing in the morning
[Ebm] and the grass [Bb] is [Eb] emerald [Ab] green.
I swear he could feel the [Db] morning sunshine
and sit out in [Ab] the evening [Bbm] where the air [Eb] is fresh [Ab] and clean.
He always wanted a place out [Db] in the country
where [Ab] the birds sing in the
[Bb] morning.
[Eb] [N]
For thirty some [C] odd years he [D] faced the grind here in the city,
[G] hustling [C] day in, day out, [D] just trying to survive.
[C] He bought his wife the fonder things [G] and sent his kids to college.
[C] That always took what a little bit he [Am] tried to put [D] aside.
[G] But through it all [C] he had one thing [D] that seemed to keep him going,
[G] a dream that someday [C] he could leave [D] this city life behind.
[C] I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but [G] his dream had never faded.
[C] He told me all about it [D] at least a [G] thousand times.
He always wanted a place out [C] in the country
where [G] the birds sing in the morning
[D] and the [A] grass is [D] emerald green.
[G] I swear he could feel the [C] morning sunshine
and sit out in [G] the evening [Am] where the [D] air is fresh [G] and clean.
[Eb] [Ab] It took lots of [Db] overtime to [Eb] keep his wife up with the [Ab] Joneses
and more to [Db] get his son out [Eb] of his run-ins with the law.
[Db] The more it took, the more he [Ab] gave, never once complaining.
[Db] I don't know how he ever stood [Bbm] the pressure of [Eb] it all.
[Ab] I never [Db] thought he'd make it, [Eb] but he finally left the city.
[Ab] And now he's got [Db] that special little [Eb] place to call his own.
[Db] Today I took a ride out in [Ab] the country just to see it.
[Db]
It wasn't hard to find because [Eb] his name was [Ab] on the stone.
He always wanted a place out [Db] in the country
[Ab] where the birds sing in the morning
[Ebm] and the grass [Bb] is [Eb] emerald [Ab] green.
I swear he could feel the [Db] morning sunshine
and sit out in [Ab] the evening [Bbm] where the air [Eb] is fresh [Ab] and clean.
He always wanted a place out [Db] in the country
where [Ab] the birds sing in the
[Bb] morning.
[Eb] [N]
Key:
Ab
G
Db
C
Eb
Ab
G
Db
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
For thirty some [C] odd years he [D] faced the grind here in the city,
[G] hustling [C] day in, day out, [D] just trying to survive.
[C] He bought his wife the fonder things [G] and sent his kids to college.
[C] That always took what a little bit he [Am] tried to put [D] aside.
_ [G] But through it all [C] he had one thing [D] that seemed to keep him going,
[G] a dream that someday [C] he could leave [D] this city life behind.
[C] I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but [G] his dream had never faded.
[C] He told me all about it [D] at least a [G] thousand times.
_ _ He always wanted _ a place out [C] in the country
_ _ _ where [G] the birds sing in the morning _
[D] and the [A] grass is [D] emerald green.
[G] I swear he could feel the [C] morning sunshine _ _ _ _
and sit out in [G] the _ evening [Am] where the [D] air is fresh [G] and clean. _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] It took lots of [Db] overtime to [Eb] keep his wife up with the [Ab] Joneses
and more to [Db] get his son out [Eb] of his run-ins with the law.
[Db] The more it took, the more he [Ab] gave, never once complaining.
[Db] I don't know how he ever stood [Bbm] the pressure of [Eb] it all.
_ [Ab] I never [Db] thought he'd make it, [Eb] but he finally left the city.
[Ab] And now he's got [Db] that special little [Eb] place to call his own.
[Db] Today I took a ride out in [Ab] the country just to see it.
_ [Db]
It wasn't hard to find because [Eb] his name was [Ab] on the stone.
_ _ _ He always wanted a place out [Db] in the country
_ _ _ _ [Ab] where the birds sing in the morning
_ [Ebm] and the grass [Bb] is [Eb] emerald _ [Ab] green.
I swear he could feel the [Db] morning sunshine
_ _ _ _ _ and sit out in [Ab] the evening [Bbm] where the air [Eb] is fresh [Ab] and clean. _ _
He always wanted _ a place out [Db] in the country _ _
where [Ab] the birds sing in the _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ morning.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
For thirty some [C] odd years he [D] faced the grind here in the city,
[G] hustling [C] day in, day out, [D] just trying to survive.
[C] He bought his wife the fonder things [G] and sent his kids to college.
[C] That always took what a little bit he [Am] tried to put [D] aside.
_ [G] But through it all [C] he had one thing [D] that seemed to keep him going,
[G] a dream that someday [C] he could leave [D] this city life behind.
[C] I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but [G] his dream had never faded.
[C] He told me all about it [D] at least a [G] thousand times.
_ _ He always wanted _ a place out [C] in the country
_ _ _ where [G] the birds sing in the morning _
[D] and the [A] grass is [D] emerald green.
[G] I swear he could feel the [C] morning sunshine _ _ _ _
and sit out in [G] the _ evening [Am] where the [D] air is fresh [G] and clean. _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] It took lots of [Db] overtime to [Eb] keep his wife up with the [Ab] Joneses
and more to [Db] get his son out [Eb] of his run-ins with the law.
[Db] The more it took, the more he [Ab] gave, never once complaining.
[Db] I don't know how he ever stood [Bbm] the pressure of [Eb] it all.
_ [Ab] I never [Db] thought he'd make it, [Eb] but he finally left the city.
[Ab] And now he's got [Db] that special little [Eb] place to call his own.
[Db] Today I took a ride out in [Ab] the country just to see it.
_ [Db]
It wasn't hard to find because [Eb] his name was [Ab] on the stone.
_ _ _ He always wanted a place out [Db] in the country
_ _ _ _ [Ab] where the birds sing in the morning
_ [Ebm] and the grass [Bb] is [Eb] emerald _ [Ab] green.
I swear he could feel the [Db] morning sunshine
_ _ _ _ _ and sit out in [Ab] the evening [Bbm] where the air [Eb] is fresh [Ab] and clean. _ _
He always wanted _ a place out [Db] in the country _ _
where [Ab] the birds sing in the _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ morning.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _