Country Boy Chords by John Lee Hooker

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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] I ain't nothing but a country boy, [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] driftin' _ [D] _ from [Bb] downtown. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I ain't nothing but a [Fm] country boy, _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ driftin' from downtown.
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_ Got _ no place _
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] to [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Ebm] call [Bb] my home. _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ Sometime _ _ _
[Fm] _ in _ [Bb] [Bbm] travelin', _ _ _ _ _ _ I travel _ _ nights [Bb] of blue. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] Sometime my night, _
[Bb] _ _ _ my night's so dark and blue. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But I keep on [Fm] _ [Bb]
travelin', [Bbm] _ _ no place to [Bb] lay my _ worried head. _ _
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[Ebm] I'm [Em] just a [Bb] country boy, _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ driftin' _ [Bb] from [Em] downtown.
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[Ebm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Mmm, _ _ _ _ _ _ driftin' from [Ebm]
[Em] downtown.
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[Gbm] _ [Gm] [Bb] I ain't got no place to _ _ _ lay my [Abm] worried [Bb] head.
Hey, _ _ _ [Dbm] _
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_ _ _ _ ooh, [C] _ [Em] _
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_ _ _ _ sometime _ I lay down on the highway.
_ _ I try to [Fm] take my [Bb] rest. _
_ _ I _ _ yawn, a freight train holler.
_ _ _ I drown my head [Fm] and run.
[Bb] Mmm, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm just a country boy, _ _ _ _ driftin' _ from downtown. _ _
I'm wastin'. _ _ _ _ _
Now one night, _ _ _ _ I was _ [Fm] travelin'. _ _
I saw [Eb] a light [Em] _ [D] in the [Bb] window. _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Gm] I was so cold at night.
[Fm] _ _ And my clothes were [Ebm] soakin' wet.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ I [Eb] walked down [Fm] to the door.
_ _ I knocked [Eb] on the [Bb] door.
_ _ _ A little girl come to the door.
_ _ _ She said, mister, _
[D] what do you want?
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It's cold outside, babe.
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She looked at me.
_ [Bbm] She said, [Fm] come on in.
[Bb] _ I _ [Fm] _ _ want to [Bb] talk to you.
_ [Ebm] _ [Em] _ [Fm] _ I got a [Bb] brother _ [G] who _ [Fm] left [Bb] home _ when [Dbm] _ [Fm] he was 12 years [Bb] old.
_ [Bbm] _ [Bb] _ Just like the prodigal son.
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Mmm, [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] mmm, [Bb] _ I _ _ [Fm] know you're [Bbm] _ [Gb] travelin'. _ _ _ _
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