Chords for john Arthur martinez's Nashville Star Highlights
Tempo:
122.55 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] Soon let [A] out, June bugs came, [E] and with the heat [B] the prayers rang.
[E] I'm a singer-songwriter who [F#] at my wife's urgence gave up my [G] day gig to pursue my passion of [E] songwriting.
We don't always eat filet mignon, [Em] but I enjoy what I'm doing.
[F] I'm sharing this with [D] my family, [D#] and I want to do good for them.
Right now we live in a double-wide, and I want them [Dm] to have a homemade stone on [C#] a foundation.
I'm [B] gonna build you, [C#] darling, a homemade [F#] stone.
[B] On another piece of [C#] Texas, a homemade [B] stone.
[Bm] [F#] John Arthur, I [B] have no doubt that [F#] you will make that house of [Em] stone for your wife one day.
[E] Roll [Bm] it, pull it, [E] daddy's little bag, bet he's [B] gonna be a man [E] someday.
[B] I'd love to see you get a [E] little bit out of [Bm] your comfort zone.
You did [A] do something different, and I just want to see [D] more of you.
Some kind of wonderful, [G] yeah, [A] yeah, yeah, yeah.
Can I get a witness?
Can [F#m] I get a witness?
Hold you [A] by the cheek.
Some [D] kind of [G] wonderful, yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, yeah.
[C] I didn't expect to fall in love, and didn't expect to find this wonderful woman already with three beautiful daughters.
[G#] [A] She's the reason I'm [Dm] here.
She's the reason, [G] she's the best, [C] and nothing [Em] less [Am]
than [G] everything, [F] everything [G] I ever knew [C] I [Dm] wanted.
I [F] would like to say that the [G] reason I like country [C] music is because [Dm] it's [F] organic and it comes from the heart,
[G] and that song came from the [C] heart, and you're organic, and I just love you.
[D]
The one thing that I carry with me today [A] from my roots
[G] is the love that my mother has for me.
[Dm] I judge people by how they treat [G] their mother.
You know you've got a really talented person here, [C] don't you?
[F] Good [G] morning, America, [C] how are you?
[Am] Hey, don't you know [F] I'm your [C] native son?
[G]
Every weekend, you [C] love [G] what you do, [A] and sometimes [D] that's just all it takes, and [Cm] it's infectious.
I must have [A#] been born a lucky guy.
Heaven [Cm] only knows how I've [D#] been blessed with the gift of [A#] your love.
If [D] I want to share my songs with the world, [E] which is one of my goals,
[Dm] then I'm going to have to [Em] embrace fame and celebrity and do it [F#m] with dignity.
[C#] I'm [B] going to build you, [C#] darling, a [F#] homemade storm.
On [B] a little piece of Texas, [C#] a homemade [B] storm.
I knew my community [G] would rally around me.
I [Fm] just had no [Gm] idea that they would exert [F] as much energy as they did.
[G]
We've got a lot of respect for him, and I think everybody's [C#] really proud of him.
I am [F#] more, I'm more, I'm [A#m] more, I'm more.
[G#] Take me in your arms and we'll dance until dawn, down on the [C#] river of us.
[F#m]
[G#] [C#] [N] I think that what you're doing there, we've heard a bunch of your original [C#] songs,
and that just took me away, man, that was [B] beautiful.
If I've [A] learned a little, [B] my granddad told [A] me so.
[B] It ain't so [C#m] much the filth, [A] it's the man [B] who [C#m] holds the bull.
All I know is the world would be a better place,
the country music world would be a better place with [Em] John Arthur Martinez.
As sweet [A] as the highway's ever been, [Am] out here [F#m] with my [D] mom out in [G] the wind.
If I had [Em] to sum John Arthur up in one word, it would be kind-hearted.
He's very giving.
Thoughtful.
I [C] think he has a really great [G] ability to write from the [Em] heart.
He's like the epitome of an American.
If you've known him for two minutes, you [C] want to give him a great big hug,
[Em] because he's just a nice guy.
[G] [A] [D] [G] Everybody sing along.
[C] Big old man in the middle of a [G] little old country road.
[D] Old brown bottom in the front of [G] the cattle guard.
[C] June bug feet in the bottom of the bottom [G] of the big old man in the middle of a [A] little old country road.
[D] Riding [G] down.
[E] I'm a singer-songwriter who [F#] at my wife's urgence gave up my [G] day gig to pursue my passion of [E] songwriting.
We don't always eat filet mignon, [Em] but I enjoy what I'm doing.
[F] I'm sharing this with [D] my family, [D#] and I want to do good for them.
Right now we live in a double-wide, and I want them [Dm] to have a homemade stone on [C#] a foundation.
I'm [B] gonna build you, [C#] darling, a homemade [F#] stone.
[B] On another piece of [C#] Texas, a homemade [B] stone.
[Bm] [F#] John Arthur, I [B] have no doubt that [F#] you will make that house of [Em] stone for your wife one day.
[E] Roll [Bm] it, pull it, [E] daddy's little bag, bet he's [B] gonna be a man [E] someday.
[B] I'd love to see you get a [E] little bit out of [Bm] your comfort zone.
You did [A] do something different, and I just want to see [D] more of you.
Some kind of wonderful, [G] yeah, [A] yeah, yeah, yeah.
Can I get a witness?
Can [F#m] I get a witness?
Hold you [A] by the cheek.
Some [D] kind of [G] wonderful, yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, yeah.
[C] I didn't expect to fall in love, and didn't expect to find this wonderful woman already with three beautiful daughters.
[G#] [A] She's the reason I'm [Dm] here.
She's the reason, [G] she's the best, [C] and nothing [Em] less [Am]
than [G] everything, [F] everything [G] I ever knew [C] I [Dm] wanted.
I [F] would like to say that the [G] reason I like country [C] music is because [Dm] it's [F] organic and it comes from the heart,
[G] and that song came from the [C] heart, and you're organic, and I just love you.
[D]
The one thing that I carry with me today [A] from my roots
[G] is the love that my mother has for me.
[Dm] I judge people by how they treat [G] their mother.
You know you've got a really talented person here, [C] don't you?
[F] Good [G] morning, America, [C] how are you?
[Am] Hey, don't you know [F] I'm your [C] native son?
[G]
Every weekend, you [C] love [G] what you do, [A] and sometimes [D] that's just all it takes, and [Cm] it's infectious.
I must have [A#] been born a lucky guy.
Heaven [Cm] only knows how I've [D#] been blessed with the gift of [A#] your love.
If [D] I want to share my songs with the world, [E] which is one of my goals,
[Dm] then I'm going to have to [Em] embrace fame and celebrity and do it [F#m] with dignity.
[C#] I'm [B] going to build you, [C#] darling, a [F#] homemade storm.
On [B] a little piece of Texas, [C#] a homemade [B] storm.
I knew my community [G] would rally around me.
I [Fm] just had no [Gm] idea that they would exert [F] as much energy as they did.
[G]
We've got a lot of respect for him, and I think everybody's [C#] really proud of him.
I am [F#] more, I'm more, I'm [A#m] more, I'm more.
[G#] Take me in your arms and we'll dance until dawn, down on the [C#] river of us.
[F#m]
[G#] [C#] [N] I think that what you're doing there, we've heard a bunch of your original [C#] songs,
and that just took me away, man, that was [B] beautiful.
If I've [A] learned a little, [B] my granddad told [A] me so.
[B] It ain't so [C#m] much the filth, [A] it's the man [B] who [C#m] holds the bull.
All I know is the world would be a better place,
the country music world would be a better place with [Em] John Arthur Martinez.
As sweet [A] as the highway's ever been, [Am] out here [F#m] with my [D] mom out in [G] the wind.
If I had [Em] to sum John Arthur up in one word, it would be kind-hearted.
He's very giving.
Thoughtful.
I [C] think he has a really great [G] ability to write from the [Em] heart.
He's like the epitome of an American.
If you've known him for two minutes, you [C] want to give him a great big hug,
[Em] because he's just a nice guy.
[G] [A] [D] [G] Everybody sing along.
[C] Big old man in the middle of a [G] little old country road.
[D] Old brown bottom in the front of [G] the cattle guard.
[C] June bug feet in the bottom of the bottom [G] of the big old man in the middle of a [A] little old country road.
[D] Riding [G] down.
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[E] _ _ _ Soon let [A] out, June bugs came, [E] and with the heat [B] the prayers rang.
[E] I'm a singer-songwriter who [F#] at my wife's urgence gave up my [G] day gig to pursue my passion of [E] songwriting.
We don't always eat filet mignon, [Em] but I enjoy what I'm doing.
[F] I'm sharing this with [D] my family, [D#] and I want to do good for them.
Right now we live in a double-wide, and I want them [Dm] to have a homemade stone on [C#] a foundation.
I'm [B] gonna build you, [C#] darling, a homemade [F#] stone. _ _ _ _ _
[B] On another piece of [C#] Texas, a homemade [B] stone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ John Arthur, _ I [B] have no doubt that [F#] you will make that house of [Em] stone for your wife one day.
_ [E] _ Roll [Bm] it, pull it, [E] daddy's little bag, bet he's [B] gonna be a man [E] someday. _ _ _
[B] I'd love to see you get a [E] little bit out of [Bm] your comfort zone.
You did [A] do something different, and I just want to see [D] more of you.
Some kind of wonderful, [G] yeah, [A] yeah, yeah, yeah.
Can I get a witness? _ _ _
Can [F#m] I get a witness? _ _
Hold you [A] by the cheek.
Some [D] kind of [G] wonderful, yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, yeah. _ _
_ [C] I didn't expect to fall in love, and didn't expect to find this wonderful woman already with three beautiful daughters.
[G#] _ [A] She's the reason I'm [Dm] here.
She's the reason, [G] she's the best, [C] and nothing [Em] less [Am]
than [G] everything, [F] _ everything [G] I ever knew [C] I [Dm] wanted.
I [F] would like to say that the [G] reason I like country [C] music is because [Dm] it's [F] organic and it comes from the heart,
[G] and that song came from the [C] heart, and you're organic, and I just love you.
[D]
The one thing that I carry with me today [A] from my roots _
[G] is the love that my mother has for me.
[Dm] I judge people by how they treat [G] their mother.
You know you've got a really talented person here, [C] don't you?
_ [F] Good [G] morning, America, [C] how are you?
_ _ _ [Am] Hey, don't you know [F] _ I'm your [C] native son?
_ [G]
Every weekend, you [C] love [G] what you do, [A] and _ sometimes [D] that's just all it takes, and [Cm] it's infectious.
I must have [A#] been born a lucky guy.
Heaven [Cm] only knows how I've [D#] been blessed with the gift of [A#] your _ love.
If [D] I want to share my songs with the world, [E] which is one of my goals,
[Dm] then I'm going to have to [Em] embrace fame and celebrity and do it [F#m] with dignity.
_ [C#] _ I'm [B] going to build you, [C#] darling, a [F#] homemade storm.
_ _ _ On [B] a little piece of Texas, [C#] _ a homemade [B] storm.
I knew my community [G] would rally around me.
I [Fm] just had no [Gm] idea that they would exert [F] as much energy as they did.
[G]
We've got a lot of respect for him, and I think everybody's [C#] really proud of him.
I am [F#] more, I'm more, _ _ _ I'm [A#m] more, I'm more.
_ _ _ _ [G#] Take me in your arms and we'll dance until dawn, down on the [C#] river of us.
_ _ _ [F#m] _
[G#] _ [C#] _ [N] _ I think that what you're doing there, we've heard a bunch of your original [C#] songs,
and that just took me away, man, that was [B] beautiful.
If I've [A] learned a little, _ [B] my granddad told [A] me so.
_ [B] It ain't so [C#m] much the filth, [A] it's the man [B] who [C#m] holds the bull.
_ All I know is the world would be a better place,
the country music world would be a better place with [Em] John Arthur Martinez.
As sweet [A] as the highway's ever been, _ [Am] out here [F#m] with my [D] mom out in [G] the wind.
_ If I had [Em] to sum John Arthur up in one word, it would be kind-hearted.
He's very giving.
Thoughtful.
I [C] think he has a really great [G] ability to write from the [Em] heart.
He's like the epitome of an American.
If you've known him for two minutes, you [C] want to give him a great big hug,
[Em] because he's just a nice guy.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Everybody sing along.
[C] Big old man in the middle of a [G] little old country road. _
[D] Old brown bottom in the front of [G] the cattle guard.
_ [C] June bug feet in the bottom of the bottom [G] of the big old man in the middle of a [A] little old country road.
[D] Riding [G] down. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I'm a singer-songwriter who [F#] at my wife's urgence gave up my [G] day gig to pursue my passion of [E] songwriting.
We don't always eat filet mignon, [Em] but I enjoy what I'm doing.
[F] I'm sharing this with [D] my family, [D#] and I want to do good for them.
Right now we live in a double-wide, and I want them [Dm] to have a homemade stone on [C#] a foundation.
I'm [B] gonna build you, [C#] darling, a homemade [F#] stone. _ _ _ _ _
[B] On another piece of [C#] Texas, a homemade [B] stone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [F#] _ _ John Arthur, _ I [B] have no doubt that [F#] you will make that house of [Em] stone for your wife one day.
_ [E] _ Roll [Bm] it, pull it, [E] daddy's little bag, bet he's [B] gonna be a man [E] someday. _ _ _
[B] I'd love to see you get a [E] little bit out of [Bm] your comfort zone.
You did [A] do something different, and I just want to see [D] more of you.
Some kind of wonderful, [G] yeah, [A] yeah, yeah, yeah.
Can I get a witness? _ _ _
Can [F#m] I get a witness? _ _
Hold you [A] by the cheek.
Some [D] kind of [G] wonderful, yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, yeah. _ _
_ [C] I didn't expect to fall in love, and didn't expect to find this wonderful woman already with three beautiful daughters.
[G#] _ [A] She's the reason I'm [Dm] here.
She's the reason, [G] she's the best, [C] and nothing [Em] less [Am]
than [G] everything, [F] _ everything [G] I ever knew [C] I [Dm] wanted.
I [F] would like to say that the [G] reason I like country [C] music is because [Dm] it's [F] organic and it comes from the heart,
[G] and that song came from the [C] heart, and you're organic, and I just love you.
[D]
The one thing that I carry with me today [A] from my roots _
[G] is the love that my mother has for me.
[Dm] I judge people by how they treat [G] their mother.
You know you've got a really talented person here, [C] don't you?
_ [F] Good [G] morning, America, [C] how are you?
_ _ _ [Am] Hey, don't you know [F] _ I'm your [C] native son?
_ [G]
Every weekend, you [C] love [G] what you do, [A] and _ sometimes [D] that's just all it takes, and [Cm] it's infectious.
I must have [A#] been born a lucky guy.
Heaven [Cm] only knows how I've [D#] been blessed with the gift of [A#] your _ love.
If [D] I want to share my songs with the world, [E] which is one of my goals,
[Dm] then I'm going to have to [Em] embrace fame and celebrity and do it [F#m] with dignity.
_ [C#] _ I'm [B] going to build you, [C#] darling, a [F#] homemade storm.
_ _ _ On [B] a little piece of Texas, [C#] _ a homemade [B] storm.
I knew my community [G] would rally around me.
I [Fm] just had no [Gm] idea that they would exert [F] as much energy as they did.
[G]
We've got a lot of respect for him, and I think everybody's [C#] really proud of him.
I am [F#] more, I'm more, _ _ _ I'm [A#m] more, I'm more.
_ _ _ _ [G#] Take me in your arms and we'll dance until dawn, down on the [C#] river of us.
_ _ _ [F#m] _
[G#] _ [C#] _ [N] _ I think that what you're doing there, we've heard a bunch of your original [C#] songs,
and that just took me away, man, that was [B] beautiful.
If I've [A] learned a little, _ [B] my granddad told [A] me so.
_ [B] It ain't so [C#m] much the filth, [A] it's the man [B] who [C#m] holds the bull.
_ All I know is the world would be a better place,
the country music world would be a better place with [Em] John Arthur Martinez.
As sweet [A] as the highway's ever been, _ [Am] out here [F#m] with my [D] mom out in [G] the wind.
_ If I had [Em] to sum John Arthur up in one word, it would be kind-hearted.
He's very giving.
Thoughtful.
I [C] think he has a really great [G] ability to write from the [Em] heart.
He's like the epitome of an American.
If you've known him for two minutes, you [C] want to give him a great big hug,
[Em] because he's just a nice guy.
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Everybody sing along.
[C] Big old man in the middle of a [G] little old country road. _
[D] Old brown bottom in the front of [G] the cattle guard.
_ [C] June bug feet in the bottom of the bottom [G] of the big old man in the middle of a [A] little old country road.
[D] Riding [G] down. _ _ _ _ _ _ _