Chords for John Denver - Thank God I'm a Country Boy (22 March 1977) - Thank God I'm a Country Boy

[A] [D] Well, it's been a long time [A] since I've been back to this old farm.
These buildings were torn down long ago.
Even though I seem to be spending more and more [E] time in the cities [D] these days,
[A] there's never a moment goes by that I don't [F] remember,
and thank God I'm [Bb] a country boy.
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Well, life on the farm, _ _ I'm a country boy.
I'm a country boy.
Early to rise, early to set.
I thank God.
_ Well, a simple kind of life, it didn't take me no heart.
Raising me a family, working on the farm.
[Db] These are all still easy country times.
I'm a country boy.
Well, I got me a time, I got me old fiddle.
I'm a service woman up to take on [B] the riddle.
Life ain't nothing but a bloody [E] matter.
_ I'm a country boy.
[A] Been to work all the time.
[D] [A] Oh, life's a [G] fiddle, it's a [D] bustling [A] flow.
It's hard for [E] me to [D] keep time alone.
[A] Thank [E] God I'm [A] a country boy.
I play it like a drum, it's good for the load.
And my wife [G] would take it [D] very good, [A] I'm a little [Gbm] fiddle.
She [E] can't [D] work when she should.
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy.
[E] Well, I got me a [A] time, I got me old [E] fiddle.
I'm a service [A] woman up to take on the riddle.
Life [E] ain't nothing [D] but a bloody matter riddle.
[A] Thank God [E] I'm a country [A] boy.
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[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ Well, I wouldn't dream of life, a dime or so few rolls.
But never was one [G] that seemed funny.
[D] [A] Well, I have a [E] fiddle and a [D] thumb and two.
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy.
Yeah, pretty folks driving in [D] the back of them [A] Z's.
A lot of fat people, they [D] not so [A] mighty keen.
Unless they're taking [E] out a jack with [D] butter beans.
[A] Thank [E] God I'm a country [A] boy.
[E] Well, I got me a [A] time, I got me old [E] fiddle.
I'm [A] a service woman up to take on the riddle.
[Gbm] Life ain't [E] nothing but [D] a bloody matter riddle.
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy.
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[A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ Well, I got me a _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] time, [A] I got me old fiddle.
My daddy's a little pinky, he died in a country by the [G] _ [D] [A] side.
Well, I [E] _ [D] _ _ [A] [E] got me a [A] time, I got me old fiddle.
Well, my daddy's from the other side of the mountain.
Got a riddle, a pulse, [G] got a workin' place, he's [D] on the pedal.
[A] Got me a [E] [D] time, I got me old fiddle. _ _ _
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy.
[Gbm] [E] Well, I got me a [A] time, I got me old [E] fiddle.
Got me a time, I [A] got me old fiddle.
Ain't no riddle, life ain't nothing [D] but a bloody _ _ _ _ [Bm] matter riddle.
Thank God I'm a country boy.
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_ _ _ _ [C] very [E] much and welcome to our [N] little television show tonight.
I don't think that it's necessary for me to introduce to you these gentlemen back here.
But I'm going to anyway for me.
On the fiddle, Mr.
Roger Miller.
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_ _ _ _ _ The Six Million Dollar Band. _ _ _ _ _ _
So we have another special guest with us tonight.
Another lady from Oklahoma that you know from the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman show.
She plays Loretta Haggers, Loretta Haggers.
Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Mary Kay Place. _ _ _ _ _ _
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