Chords for Lord Have Mercy On A Country Boy
Tempo:
115 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[Bm] [G] [B] [D]
Well I [B] grew up [A] wild [D] and free, [G] walking [A] these fields at my bare [D] feet.
There wasn't [Bm] no place [A] I [D] couldn't go [G] with a .22
[A] rifle and a fishing [D] pole.
Well [G] I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy.
[A] [D] [Bm]
[G] [B] [D] When I [Bm] was young [A] I remember [D] well, [G] I'd hunt the [D] wild turkey [A] and the [D] bobwhite quail.
The river [Bm] was clear [A] and deep [D] back then, [G] had fishing [D] lines tied [A] to the [D] willow.
Well [G] I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [B] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy.
[A] [D] Alright!
[G]
[D] [A] [D]
[Bm] [A] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
Well they dammed [Bm] the river, [A] they dammed [D] the stream, [G] they cut [D] down the cypress [A] and the sweet [D] gum trees.
There's a [Bm] laundromat [A] and a barber [D] shop, and now the whole meadow [A] is a parking [G] lot.
Well I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy.
[G] Well I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [Bm] boy.
Oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [G] boy.
[D] [A] [D] [Bm] [G]
[A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[Bm] [G] [B] [D]
Well I [B] grew up [A] wild [D] and free, [G] walking [A] these fields at my bare [D] feet.
There wasn't [Bm] no place [A] I [D] couldn't go [G] with a .22
[A] rifle and a fishing [D] pole.
Well [G] I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy.
[A] [D] [Bm]
[G] [B] [D] When I [Bm] was young [A] I remember [D] well, [G] I'd hunt the [D] wild turkey [A] and the [D] bobwhite quail.
The river [Bm] was clear [A] and deep [D] back then, [G] had fishing [D] lines tied [A] to the [D] willow.
Well [G] I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [B] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy.
[A] [D] Alright!
[G]
[D] [A] [D]
[Bm] [A] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
Well they dammed [Bm] the river, [A] they dammed [D] the stream, [G] they cut [D] down the cypress [A] and the sweet [D] gum trees.
There's a [Bm] laundromat [A] and a barber [D] shop, and now the whole meadow [A] is a parking [G] lot.
Well I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy.
[G] Well I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [Bm] boy.
Oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [G] boy.
[D] [A] [D] [Bm] [G]
[A] [D]
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
B
D
A
G
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well I [B] grew up [A] wild [D] and free, [G] walking [A] these fields at my bare [D] feet.
There wasn't [Bm] no place [A] I [D] couldn't go [G] with a .22
[A] rifle and a fishing [D] pole.
Well [G] I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ When I [Bm] was young [A] I remember [D] well, [G] I'd hunt the [D] wild turkey [A] and the [D] bobwhite quail.
The river [Bm] was clear [A] and deep [D] back then, [G] had fishing [D] lines tied [A] to the [D] willow.
Well [G] I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [B] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country _ _ [D] boy.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] Alright!
[G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well they dammed [Bm] the river, [A] they dammed [D] the stream, [G] they cut [D] down the cypress [A] and the sweet [D] gum trees.
There's a _ [Bm] laundromat [A] and a barber [D] shop, and now the whole meadow [A] is a parking [G] lot.
Well I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy.
[G] Well I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [Bm] boy.
Oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country _ _ [G] boy.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well I [B] grew up [A] wild [D] and free, [G] walking [A] these fields at my bare [D] feet.
There wasn't [Bm] no place [A] I [D] couldn't go [G] with a .22
[A] rifle and a fishing [D] pole.
Well [G] I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ When I [Bm] was young [A] I remember [D] well, [G] I'd hunt the [D] wild turkey [A] and the [D] bobwhite quail.
The river [Bm] was clear [A] and deep [D] back then, [G] had fishing [D] lines tied [A] to the [D] willow.
Well [G] I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [B] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country _ _ [D] boy.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] Alright!
[G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well they dammed [Bm] the river, [A] they dammed [D] the stream, [G] they cut [D] down the cypress [A] and the sweet [D] gum trees.
There's a _ [Bm] laundromat [A] and a barber [D] shop, and now the whole meadow [A] is a parking [G] lot.
Well I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no [D] choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [D] boy.
[G] Well I live [D] in the city, [A] but don't [D] fit in.
[Bm] You know [G] it's a ditty, [A] the shape [D] I'm in.
Well [G] I got [D] no home [A] and I got no choice, [Bm] oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country [Bm] boy.
Oh lord [G] have mercy [A] on a country _ _ [G] boy.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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