Chords for John Denver- Thank God I'm a Country Boy
Tempo:
107.65 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't have
Early to ride, early in the sack
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, a simple kinda 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
And the sun's comin' up with the cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country [F#m] boy
[A] When the work's all done and the sun's [Dm] set [A] low
Pull out my [G] fiddle and it's [D] rossin' up the [A] bow
Kids are [E] asleep, so I [D] keep a paddle low
[A] And thank God I'm a country boy
I play Sally Goodman all day, [D] if I could, [A] but I'm low
Then my [G] wife wouldn't take [D] it very good
So I fiddle when I [E] can, [Dm] work when I should
Thank [A] God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got me a fine [A] wife, I got me old [E] fiddle
And the sun's comin' [A] up with the cakes on the griddle
[F#m] Life ain't nothin' but [Dm] a funny, funny riddle
I'm [A] a country boy
Well,
[G] [A]
[D] [A]
[C#] [A]
[E] [D] [A] [E] [A]
I wouldn't trade my life for [Dm] diamonds or [A] jewels
I never was [G] one of them money-hungry [A] fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and [D] my fun and jewels
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy
Yeah, I see the folks drivin' in the black limousine
A lot of sad [G] people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
[F#m] Son, let me tell you now exactly [D] what I mean
[A] I'm a country [E] boy
Well, I got me a [Am] fine wife, I got me [E] old fiddle
And the sun's [A] comin' up with the cakes on the griddle
Life [F#m] ain't nothin' but a [Dm] funny, funny riddle
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy Yes!
[G]
[A] [D] [A]
[C#] [A] [E] [D] [A] Well, [Em] [A] my fiddle was my daddy's till the day [D] he died
[A] And he took me by the hand, [G] held me [D] close to his [A] side
Said to live a good life, played my [D] fiddle with pride
[A] And thank God, oh, I'm a country boy
Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to riddle
Taught me how to work [G] and play a tune [A] on a fiddle
Taught me how to [E] love and how to [D] give just a little
Thank [A]
God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got me [A] a fine wife, I got me [E] old fiddle
And the sun's [A] comin' up with the cakes on the [F#m] griddle
Life ain't nothin' [E] but a [D] funny, funny riddle
[N] Thank God I'm a country boy [A] Yes!
[E] [A]
[G] [A]
[N]
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't have
Early to ride, early in the sack
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, a simple kinda 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
And the sun's comin' up with the cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country [F#m] boy
[A] When the work's all done and the sun's [Dm] set [A] low
Pull out my [G] fiddle and it's [D] rossin' up the [A] bow
Kids are [E] asleep, so I [D] keep a paddle low
[A] And thank God I'm a country boy
I play Sally Goodman all day, [D] if I could, [A] but I'm low
Then my [G] wife wouldn't take [D] it very good
So I fiddle when I [E] can, [Dm] work when I should
Thank [A] God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got me a fine [A] wife, I got me old [E] fiddle
And the sun's comin' [A] up with the cakes on the griddle
[F#m] Life ain't nothin' but [Dm] a funny, funny riddle
I'm [A] a country boy
Well,
[G] [A]
[D] [A]
[C#] [A]
[E] [D] [A] [E] [A]
I wouldn't trade my life for [Dm] diamonds or [A] jewels
I never was [G] one of them money-hungry [A] fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and [D] my fun and jewels
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy
Yeah, I see the folks drivin' in the black limousine
A lot of sad [G] people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
[F#m] Son, let me tell you now exactly [D] what I mean
[A] I'm a country [E] boy
Well, I got me a [Am] fine wife, I got me [E] old fiddle
And the sun's [A] comin' up with the cakes on the griddle
Life [F#m] ain't nothin' but a [Dm] funny, funny riddle
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy Yes!
[G]
[A] [D] [A]
[C#] [A] [E] [D] [A] Well, [Em] [A] my fiddle was my daddy's till the day [D] he died
[A] And he took me by the hand, [G] held me [D] close to his [A] side
Said to live a good life, played my [D] fiddle with pride
[A] And thank God, oh, I'm a country boy
Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to riddle
Taught me how to work [G] and play a tune [A] on a fiddle
Taught me how to [E] love and how to [D] give just a little
Thank [A]
God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got me [A] a fine wife, I got me [E] old fiddle
And the sun's [A] comin' up with the cakes on the [F#m] griddle
Life ain't nothin' [E] but a [D] funny, funny riddle
[N] Thank God I'm a country boy [A] Yes!
[E] [A]
[G] [A]
[N]
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_ Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't have
Early to ride, early in the sack
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, a simple kinda 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
And the sun's comin' up with the cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country [F#m] boy
[A] When the work's all done and the sun's [Dm] set [A] low
Pull out my [G] fiddle and it's [D] rossin' up the [A] bow
Kids are [E] asleep, so I [D] keep a paddle low
[A] And thank God I'm a country boy
I play Sally Goodman all day, [D] if I could, [A] but I'm low
Then my [G] wife wouldn't take [D] it very good
So I fiddle when I [E] can, [Dm] work when I should
Thank [A] God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got me a fine [A] wife, I got me old [E] fiddle
And the sun's comin' [A] up with the cakes on the griddle
[F#m] Life ain't nothin' but [Dm] a funny, funny riddle
I'm [A] a country boy
Well, _ _
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_ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _
I wouldn't trade my life for [Dm] diamonds or [A] jewels
I never was [G] one of them money-hungry [A] fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and [D] my fun and jewels
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy
Yeah, I see the folks drivin' in the black limousine
A lot of sad [G] people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
[F#m] Son, let me tell you now exactly [D] what I mean
_ [A] I'm a country _ [E] boy
Well, I got me a [Am] fine wife, I got me [E] old fiddle
And the sun's [A] comin' up with the cakes on the griddle
Life [F#m] ain't nothin' but a [Dm] funny, funny riddle
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy Yes! _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ [A] Well, [Em] _ [A] _ _ my fiddle was my daddy's till the day [D] he died
[A] And he took me by the hand, [G] held me [D] close to his [A] side
Said to live a good life, played my [D] fiddle with pride
[A] And thank God, oh, I'm a country boy
Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to riddle
Taught me how to work [G] and play a tune [A] on a fiddle
Taught me how to [E] love and how to [D] give just a little
Thank _ _ _ [A]
God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got me [A] a fine wife, I got me [E] old fiddle
And the sun's [A] comin' up with the cakes on the [F#m] griddle
Life ain't nothin' [E] but a [D] funny, funny riddle
_ _ [N] _ _ _ Thank God I'm a country boy [A] Yes! _ _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't have
Early to ride, early in the sack
Thank God I'm a country boy
Well, a simple kinda 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
And the sun's comin' up with the cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country [F#m] boy
[A] When the work's all done and the sun's [Dm] set [A] low
Pull out my [G] fiddle and it's [D] rossin' up the [A] bow
Kids are [E] asleep, so I [D] keep a paddle low
[A] And thank God I'm a country boy
I play Sally Goodman all day, [D] if I could, [A] but I'm low
Then my [G] wife wouldn't take [D] it very good
So I fiddle when I [E] can, [Dm] work when I should
Thank [A] God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got me a fine [A] wife, I got me old [E] fiddle
And the sun's comin' [A] up with the cakes on the griddle
[F#m] Life ain't nothin' but [Dm] a funny, funny riddle
I'm [A] a country boy
Well, _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _
I wouldn't trade my life for [Dm] diamonds or [A] jewels
I never was [G] one of them money-hungry [A] fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and [D] my fun and jewels
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy
Yeah, I see the folks drivin' in the black limousine
A lot of sad [G] people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
[F#m] Son, let me tell you now exactly [D] what I mean
_ [A] I'm a country _ [E] boy
Well, I got me a [Am] fine wife, I got me [E] old fiddle
And the sun's [A] comin' up with the cakes on the griddle
Life [F#m] ain't nothin' but a [Dm] funny, funny riddle
[A] Thank God I'm a country boy Yes! _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ [A] Well, [Em] _ [A] _ _ my fiddle was my daddy's till the day [D] he died
[A] And he took me by the hand, [G] held me [D] close to his [A] side
Said to live a good life, played my [D] fiddle with pride
[A] And thank God, oh, I'm a country boy
Well, my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to riddle
Taught me how to work [G] and play a tune [A] on a fiddle
Taught me how to [E] love and how to [D] give just a little
Thank _ _ _ [A]
God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got me [A] a fine wife, I got me [E] old fiddle
And the sun's [A] comin' up with the cakes on the [F#m] griddle
Life ain't nothin' [E] but a [D] funny, funny riddle
_ _ [N] _ _ _ Thank God I'm a country boy [A] Yes! _ _ _ _ _ _
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