Chords for I'm A Country Boy
Tempo:
185.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
A
G
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D] [C]
[Am] [D] [C]
[A] [D] [C]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[D] New York City [C]
[Am] is a thousand [D] miles [C] away,
[A] [D] and if you ask [C] me, I'll [D] tell you that's okay.
[C]
[A] Well, [D] I'm not trying [C]
[A] to put the [D] bed down.
[G] [C]
[D] They don't need [C]
men [D] like me, child.
[C]
[D] Well, [G] I pick cotton [F]
down [D] on the [G] Dixie Line.
[Dm]
[D] I [G] work all [F] day,
[D] trying [G] to make it [F] down.
[A] [D] That's all right, [Am]
that's [D] okay by [C] me,
[A] [D] cause that's the way [C] that it [A] was [D] meant to [C] be.
[G] Big city hot town, [D] don't bother me.
[Am] I'm a kind [D] of boy, [Am]
I'm as happy [D] as I can be.
[Am]
[D] I don't like smoke [C]
[A] [D] choking up my [C] hair,
[A] and [D] some of those city [Am]
folks, [D] they don't [C] care.
I [A] [D] don't like cars [C]
[A] [D] buzzing [C] around.
[Am] I [D] don't even want [C]
a piece [A] of concrete [D] in my [C] town.
Well, [D] [G] I like [Dm] sunshine, [G] breath between [F] it,
[D] [G] makes me [F] feel like, [D] well, you [G] wouldn't care,
[F] but [A] [D] that's all right, [C] no.
[A] [D] Each to his own.
[C]
[D] But one male from a city, [Am]
it's a country [D] boy's song.
[C] I [G] said, big city hot town, [D] [G] never [D] bother me.
[Am] I'm [D] a kind of boy, [Am]
I'm as happy [D] as I can [E] be.
[C]
[A] [D] Well, [Am] I don't want to even read [D] about [C] it.
[A] [F#] [G] [C] [A]
[G] [Am]
[F#m] [G] [C] [A]
[Em] [F#] [G#] [A]
[G] [Cm] [A]
[F#m] [G] [A]
[D] [A]
[D]
[C] [D]
[G] Let [D] [Am]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D] [C] [A]
[D] [A] me [D]
tell you something, [C] [A] let [D] me tell you the truth.
[C] [A] [D] What's right for me [Am] might not be [D]
right for [A] [C] you.
[A] Well, [D] you live your [C] way, [A] [D] I'll live [Am] mine.
And I [D] hope you're [G] happy [C] [D] all the [C] time.
But [G] I pray [F] cotton [D] down on the [G] decent line.
[F] [D] [G] I work all [Dm] day, [D] trying [G] to make a [F] dime.
[A] [D] That's all right, [C] [A] that's [D] okay by [Am] me,
[A] [D] that's the [C] way it [A] was [D] supposed to [C] be.
[G] Big city hot town, [D] never bother me.
[A] I'm a [D] country boy, [Am] I'm as happy as [D] I can be.
[C] [A] [D]
Let [C] me tell [A] you, [D]
[C] I [G] said, big city hot town, [D] never bother me.
[A] I'm [D] a country boy, [Am] I'm as happy [D] as I can be.
[C] [A] [D] Oh, [Am] that's my way.
[D] [C] I don't want you to [A] even tell [D] me about [C] the big city.
[A] [D] [Am] I don't want to read about it.
[G] [C] [D] [Am]
[G] [C]
[D] [Am]
[D] [C]
[A] [D] [Am]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[A] [G] [C]
[A] [D] [Am]
[N]
[Am] [D] [C]
[A] [D] [C]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[D] New York City [C]
[Am] is a thousand [D] miles [C] away,
[A] [D] and if you ask [C] me, I'll [D] tell you that's okay.
[C]
[A] Well, [D] I'm not trying [C]
[A] to put the [D] bed down.
[G] [C]
[D] They don't need [C]
men [D] like me, child.
[C]
[D] Well, [G] I pick cotton [F]
down [D] on the [G] Dixie Line.
[Dm]
[D] I [G] work all [F] day,
[D] trying [G] to make it [F] down.
[A] [D] That's all right, [Am]
that's [D] okay by [C] me,
[A] [D] cause that's the way [C] that it [A] was [D] meant to [C] be.
[G] Big city hot town, [D] don't bother me.
[Am] I'm a kind [D] of boy, [Am]
I'm as happy [D] as I can be.
[Am]
[D] I don't like smoke [C]
[A] [D] choking up my [C] hair,
[A] and [D] some of those city [Am]
folks, [D] they don't [C] care.
I [A] [D] don't like cars [C]
[A] [D] buzzing [C] around.
[Am] I [D] don't even want [C]
a piece [A] of concrete [D] in my [C] town.
Well, [D] [G] I like [Dm] sunshine, [G] breath between [F] it,
[D] [G] makes me [F] feel like, [D] well, you [G] wouldn't care,
[F] but [A] [D] that's all right, [C] no.
[A] [D] Each to his own.
[C]
[D] But one male from a city, [Am]
it's a country [D] boy's song.
[C] I [G] said, big city hot town, [D] [G] never [D] bother me.
[Am] I'm [D] a kind of boy, [Am]
I'm as happy [D] as I can [E] be.
[C]
[A] [D] Well, [Am] I don't want to even read [D] about [C] it.
[A] [F#] [G] [C] [A]
[G] [Am]
[F#m] [G] [C] [A]
[Em] [F#] [G#] [A]
[G] [Cm] [A]
[F#m] [G] [A]
[D] [A]
[D]
[C] [D]
[G] Let [D] [Am]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D] [C] [A]
[D] [A] me [D]
tell you something, [C] [A] let [D] me tell you the truth.
[C] [A] [D] What's right for me [Am] might not be [D]
right for [A] [C] you.
[A] Well, [D] you live your [C] way, [A] [D] I'll live [Am] mine.
And I [D] hope you're [G] happy [C] [D] all the [C] time.
But [G] I pray [F] cotton [D] down on the [G] decent line.
[F] [D] [G] I work all [Dm] day, [D] trying [G] to make a [F] dime.
[A] [D] That's all right, [C] [A] that's [D] okay by [Am] me,
[A] [D] that's the [C] way it [A] was [D] supposed to [C] be.
[G] Big city hot town, [D] never bother me.
[A] I'm a [D] country boy, [Am] I'm as happy as [D] I can be.
[C] [A] [D]
Let [C] me tell [A] you, [D]
[C] I [G] said, big city hot town, [D] never bother me.
[A] I'm [D] a country boy, [Am] I'm as happy [D] as I can be.
[C] [A] [D] Oh, [Am] that's my way.
[D] [C] I don't want you to [A] even tell [D] me about [C] the big city.
[A] [D] [Am] I don't want to read about it.
[G] [C] [D] [Am]
[G] [C]
[D] [Am]
[D] [C]
[A] [D] [Am]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[A] [G] [C]
[A] [D] [Am]
[N]
Key:
D
C
A
G
Am
D
C
A
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] New York City [C] _ _
[Am] is a thousand [D] miles [C] away, _
_ [A] _ [D] and if you ask [C] me, _ I'll [D] tell you that's okay.
[C] _ _
_ [A] Well, [D] I'm not trying [C] _
[A] to put the [D] bed down.
_ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [D] They don't need _ [C] _
men [D] like me, child.
[C] _ _
_ [D] Well, [G] I pick cotton [F] _
down [D] on the [G] Dixie Line.
[Dm] _ _
_ [D] I [G] work all [F] day, _
_ [D] trying [G] to make it [F] down. _
[A] _ _ _ [D] That's all right, [Am] _
that's [D] okay by _ [C] me,
_ [A] _ [D] cause that's the way [C] that it [A] was [D] meant to [C] be. _
[G] _ _ Big city hot town, [D] _ _ don't bother me. _
[Am] _ _ I'm a kind [D] of boy, _ [Am] _
I'm as happy [D] as I can be.
[Am] _ _
_ _ [D] I don't like smoke [C] _
_ [A] _ [D] choking up my [C] hair, _
_ [A] and [D] some of those city [Am]
folks, _ [D] they don't [C] care.
I [A] _ [D] don't like cars [C] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] buzzing [C] around. _
_ [Am] I [D] don't even want [C]
a piece [A] of concrete [D] in my [C] town.
Well, [D] _ [G] I like [Dm] sunshine, _ _ _ [G] breath between [F] it, _
_ [D] _ [G] makes me [F] feel like, [D] well, you [G] wouldn't care,
[F] but [A] _ _ [D] that's all right, [C] no. _
_ [A] _ [D] Each to his own.
[C] _ _
_ [D] But one male from a city, _ [Am]
it's a country [D] boy's song.
[C] I [G] said, big city hot town, [D] _ [G] never [D] bother me. _
[Am] _ I'm [D] a kind of boy, _ [Am]
I'm as happy [D] as I can [E] be.
[C] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ Well, [Am] I don't want to even read [D] about [C] it. _
[A] _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ [A] _ _
_ [F#m] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] Let _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [A] me _ _ _ [D] _
tell you something, [C] _ _ [A] let [D] me tell you the truth.
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] What's right for me [Am] might not be [D]
right for [A] [C] you.
_ _ [A] Well, [D] you live your [C] way, _ _ [A] _ [D] I'll live [Am] mine.
_ And I [D] hope you're [G] happy [C] _ _ _ _ [D] all the [C] time.
But [G] I pray [F] cotton _ [D] down on the [G] decent line.
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] [G] I work all [Dm] day, _ [D] _ trying [G] to make a [F] dime.
_ [A] _ _ [D] That's all right, _ [C] _ [A] that's [D] okay by [Am] me,
_ _ [A] _ [D] that's the _ [C] way it [A] was _ [D] supposed to [C] be.
_ [G] _ Big city hot _ town, [D] _ never bother _ _ me.
[A] _ I'm a [D] country boy, [Am] _ I'm as happy as [D] I can be.
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
Let [C] me tell [A] you, _ [D] _ _ _
[C] I [G] said, big city hot town, [D] _ _ never bother _ me.
[A] _ I'm [D] a country boy, [Am] _ I'm as happy [D] as I can be.
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Oh, [Am] that's my way.
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] I don't want you to [A] even tell [D] me about [C] the big city.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] I don't want to read about it.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [D] New York City [C] _ _
[Am] is a thousand [D] miles [C] away, _
_ [A] _ [D] and if you ask [C] me, _ I'll [D] tell you that's okay.
[C] _ _
_ [A] Well, [D] I'm not trying [C] _
[A] to put the [D] bed down.
_ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [D] They don't need _ [C] _
men [D] like me, child.
[C] _ _
_ [D] Well, [G] I pick cotton [F] _
down [D] on the [G] Dixie Line.
[Dm] _ _
_ [D] I [G] work all [F] day, _
_ [D] trying [G] to make it [F] down. _
[A] _ _ _ [D] That's all right, [Am] _
that's [D] okay by _ [C] me,
_ [A] _ [D] cause that's the way [C] that it [A] was [D] meant to [C] be. _
[G] _ _ Big city hot town, [D] _ _ don't bother me. _
[Am] _ _ I'm a kind [D] of boy, _ [Am] _
I'm as happy [D] as I can be.
[Am] _ _
_ _ [D] I don't like smoke [C] _
_ [A] _ [D] choking up my [C] hair, _
_ [A] and [D] some of those city [Am]
folks, _ [D] they don't [C] care.
I [A] _ [D] don't like cars [C] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] buzzing [C] around. _
_ [Am] I [D] don't even want [C]
a piece [A] of concrete [D] in my [C] town.
Well, [D] _ [G] I like [Dm] sunshine, _ _ _ [G] breath between [F] it, _
_ [D] _ [G] makes me [F] feel like, [D] well, you [G] wouldn't care,
[F] but [A] _ _ [D] that's all right, [C] no. _
_ [A] _ [D] Each to his own.
[C] _ _
_ [D] But one male from a city, _ [Am]
it's a country [D] boy's song.
[C] I [G] said, big city hot town, [D] _ [G] never [D] bother me. _
[Am] _ I'm [D] a kind of boy, _ [Am]
I'm as happy [D] as I can [E] be.
[C] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ Well, [Am] I don't want to even read [D] about [C] it. _
[A] _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ [A] _ _
_ [F#m] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] Let _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ [A] me _ _ _ [D] _
tell you something, [C] _ _ [A] let [D] me tell you the truth.
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] What's right for me [Am] might not be [D]
right for [A] [C] you.
_ _ [A] Well, [D] you live your [C] way, _ _ [A] _ [D] I'll live [Am] mine.
_ And I [D] hope you're [G] happy [C] _ _ _ _ [D] all the [C] time.
But [G] I pray [F] cotton _ [D] down on the [G] decent line.
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] [G] I work all [Dm] day, _ [D] _ trying [G] to make a [F] dime.
_ [A] _ _ [D] That's all right, _ [C] _ [A] that's [D] okay by [Am] me,
_ _ [A] _ [D] that's the _ [C] way it [A] was _ [D] supposed to [C] be.
_ [G] _ Big city hot _ town, [D] _ never bother _ _ me.
[A] _ I'm a [D] country boy, [Am] _ I'm as happy as [D] I can be.
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
Let [C] me tell [A] you, _ [D] _ _ _
[C] I [G] said, big city hot town, [D] _ _ never bother _ me.
[A] _ I'm [D] a country boy, [Am] _ I'm as happy [D] as I can be.
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Oh, [Am] that's my way.
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] I don't want you to [A] even tell [D] me about [C] the big city.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] I don't want to read about it.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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