Chords for John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy (Official Audio)

Tempo:
100 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

E

G

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy (Official Audio) chords
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Will life on the farm is kind of laid-back ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise early in the sack.
Thank God.
I'm a country boy
Will a simple kind of life never did me no harm
Raising me a family and working on the farm my days are all filled with an easy country charm.
[C#] Thank God.
I'm a country boy
Will I [B] got me a fine wife?
I got me old fiddle when the Sun's coming up
I got cakes on the griddle and life ain't nothing but a funny [E] funny riddle.
Thank God.
I'm a country boy
[A] When the work's all done in the [D] Sun setting [A] low
I pull out my [G] fiddle and I rob them up the [F#m] boat the kids are asleep.
[E] So I'll keep it [D] kind of low
[A] Thank God.
[A] I'm a country boy
I'd play Sally couldn't all [D] day if [A] I'm good
But the Lord and my [G] wife wouldn't take it very [A] good.
So I fiddle when I [E] can and I [D] work when I should
[A] Thank [E] God.
I'm a country [A] [E] boy
Will I got [A] me a fine wife?
I got me [E] old fiddle when the Sun's coming [A] up
I got cakes on the griddle [F#] and life ain't nothing but a [D] funny funny riddle.
[A] Thank [E] God.
I'm a country [A] boy
[D] [A] [D] [F#m] [E]
[D] [A] [E] [A]
[D] [A] [G] [A]
[D] [A] I
Will I wouldn't pay my life [D] for diamonds or [A] jewels I never [G] was one of [D] them money hungry [A] fool
I'd rather have a [E] fiddle and my [D] farmhand tools.
[A] Thank [E] God.
I'm a [A] country boy
Yeah, I'll city folks driving [D] in a black limousine [A] a lot of [Em] sad people [Bm] making that's a mighty [A] keen
Well son, let me [E] tell you now [D] exactly what I mean.
[A] I thank God.
I'm a country boy
[E] Will I got me a fine [A] wife?
I got me [E] old fiddle when the Sun's [A] coming up
I got cakes on the griddle and life ain't nothing but [D] a funny funny riddle
[A] Thank God.
I'm a country boy
[D] [A] [G] Well, [A] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A] my fiddle was my daddy's till the [D] day he [A] died and it took me by the [G] hand helped me [D] close to his [F#m] side
It'll live a good life.
[D] We have a fiddle with pride.
[E] Thank God.
[A] You're a country boy
Well, my daddy taught me young how to [D] hunt how to [A] win
Oh, pardon me how to [G] work a player to [D] know the [F#m] fiddle
He probably had a love [D] and how to give this a little
[A] And thank God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got [A] me a fine wife I got me old fiddle [E] when the Sun's [A] coming up I got cakes on the griddle
Life [E] ain't nothing but [D] a funny funny riddle
I'm a country boy.
[Bm] Yeah
[A]
[D] [A]
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
G
2131
F#m
123111112
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
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To learn John Denver - Thank God Im A Country Boy chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: A, A, D, A, E and A. A strategic approach would be to train at 50 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 100. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of A Major.

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_ _ _ _ Will life on the farm is kind of laid-back ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise early in the sack.
Thank God.
I'm a country boy
Will a simple kind of life never did me no harm
Raising me a family and working on the farm my days are all filled with an easy country charm.
[C#] Thank God.
I'm a country boy
Will I [B] got me a fine wife?
I got me old fiddle when the Sun's coming up
I got cakes on the griddle and life ain't nothing but a funny [E] funny riddle.
Thank God.
I'm a country boy
[A] When the work's all done in the [D] Sun setting [A] low
I pull out my [G] fiddle and I rob them up the [F#m] boat the kids are asleep.
[E] So I'll keep it [D] kind of low
[A] Thank God.
[A] I'm a country boy
I'd play Sally couldn't all [D] day if [A] I'm good
But the Lord and my [G] wife wouldn't take it very [A] good.
So I fiddle when I [E] can and I [D] work when I should
[A] Thank [E] God.
I'm a country [A] [E] boy
Will I got [A] me a fine wife?
I got me [E] old fiddle when the Sun's coming [A] up
I got cakes on the griddle [F#] and life ain't nothing but a [D] funny funny riddle.
[A] Thank [E] God.
I'm a country [A] boy _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ I
Will I wouldn't pay my life [D] for diamonds or [A] jewels I never [G] was one of [D] them money hungry [A] fool
I'd rather have a [E] fiddle and my [D] farmhand tools.
[A] Thank [E] God.
I'm a [A] country boy
Yeah, I'll city folks driving [D] in a black limousine [A] a lot of [Em] sad people [Bm] making that's a mighty [A] keen
Well son, let me [E] tell you now [D] exactly what I mean.
[A] I thank God.
I'm a country boy
[E] Will I got me a fine [A] wife?
I got me [E] old fiddle when the Sun's [A] coming up
I got cakes on the griddle and life ain't nothing but [D] a funny funny riddle
[A] Thank God.
I'm a country boy _ _
_ [D] _ [A] [G] Well, _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ my fiddle was my daddy's till the [D] day he [A] died and it took me by the [G] hand helped me [D] close to his [F#m] side
It'll live a good life.
[D] We have a fiddle with pride.
[E] Thank God.
[A] You're a country boy
Well, my daddy taught me young how to [D] hunt how to [A] win
Oh, pardon me how to [G] work a player to [D] know the [F#m] fiddle
He probably had a love [D] and how to give this a little
_ _ [A] And thank God I'm a country boy
[E] Well, I got [A] me a fine wife I got me old fiddle [E] when the Sun's [A] coming up I got cakes on the griddle
Life [E] ain't nothing but [D] a funny funny _ riddle
I'm _ a country boy.
[Bm] Yeah _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was penned by John Martin Sommers.

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