Chords for John Denver - Thank God I’m A Country Boy (45 single) - 1975 (#1)

_ _ _ Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much of an old country boy like me can have
Early to rise, early in the sun
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, a simple kind of life never did me no harm
Raisin' me a family and workin' on the farm
Days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, I got me a fine wife
I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up and I can't sound the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
[F#m] [A] When the work's all done and [D] the sun's set low
[A] Pull out the fiddle [G] and the [D] rosin' up the [A] bow
Kids are [E] sweet, so I [D] keep a tattle-o
And thank God [E] I'm a country [A] boy
I'd play Sally Goodman all [D] day if I could, [A] but the Lord
And my [G] wife wouldn't take [D] it very good
So I fiddle when I [E] can, [D] work when I should
[A] Thank God I'm a country _ [E] boy
Well, I got me [A] a fine wife
I got me old fiddle
[E] When the sun's comin' up [A] and I can't sound the riddle
[F#m] Life ain't nothin' but a funny, [D] funny riddle
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy
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_ I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds [D] or jewels
[A] I never was one [G] of them money-hungry [A] fools
But I had my fiddle and [D] my fun and tools
Thank [A] God I'm a country boy
Yeah, I've seen it, folks, drivin' in the back
Never seen a lot of sad [G] people
Thinkin', that's a mighty [A] keen
Son, let me tell you [D] now exactly what I mean
[A] Thank God I'm a country [E] boy
Well, I got me a fine [A] wife
I got me old [E] fiddle
When the sun's comin' [A] up and I can't sound the griddle
Life [F#m] ain't nothin' but a funny, [D] funny riddle
Thank [A] God I'm a country boy Yeah! _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ Well, I'm a fiddle, but my daddy's still a [D] dig
He [A] died, and he took me by the hand
Held [D] me close to his side
[A] Said, live a good life, play my [D] fiddle and cry
[A] And thank God you're a country boy
Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to riddle
Taught me how [G] to work and buy a fiddle [A] on a fiddle
Taught me how to love [E] and how to [D] give just a little
Thank _ [C#] _ _
God I'm a country [A] boy Yeah! _ _ _
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