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
Start Jamming...
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]
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
D
E
G
F#m
A
D
E
_ _ _ _ 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] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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