Chords for Lynyrd Skynyrd - I'm A Country Boy - 4/27/1975 - Winterland (Official)

One, two, [E] three, four, five, six, [A] seven, _ [D] _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [C] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ [C] _ [A] _ [D] eight.
[Am] _
_ [A] [D] New York [C] City [A] is [D] a thousand miles [Am] away.
[A] _ [D] And if you [Am] ask me, I'll tell you [D] in the [Am] showcase.
Well, [D] I'm not [C] trying [A] to put the [D] big apple [C] down.
[A] _ [D] They don't [A] need a man [D] like me to [C] tell you.
[D] [G] I've been [Dm] cotton down on [G] the day to [F] land.
[D] [G] I work all [Dm] day [G] trying to make [Dm] a damn.
But [A] [D] that's all right, [Am] son.
[D] It's okay [A] by me.
Oh, [D] that's the [C] way that it [A] was [D] meant to [C]
be.
But [G] mixing the hard [C] [D] times [D] never bothered me.
[A] [D] I'm a country boy.
[C] [A] As [D] happy as [Am] I can be.
[G] Life don't like [C] smoke [A] [D] choking up my [C] hair.
[A] [D] In some of those [C] cities, [A] most well, they [D] don't [Am] care.
[A] I [D] don't like [C] cars [A] _ [G] buzzing [C] around.
[A] I [D] don't even [Am] want a [A] piece of concrete [D] in my [C] town.
[E] Well, [Dm] [C] I like [F] [Dm] sunshine.
[G] Fresh [F] clean air [D] [G] makes me [F] feel [D] like we're [Em] together.
_ [A] _ That's all right, [C] son.
[A] [D] Each to [A] his own.
_ [D] One smell from a [A] city and a country [D] boy's gone.
[C] [G] I said, mixing the hard [D] times never bothered [A] me.
[G] Boy, [C] _ [A] as happy [G] as I can [C] be.
[A] Well, [D] I don't [Am] want to even read about it.
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [A] [Am] Let _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] me tell you something.
[Am] _
[D] And let me [E] tell you [Am] true.
[D] What's right for [Am] me might [D] not be right for [Am] you.
[G] Well, you live [C] your [A] way.
_ [D] _ [Am] _ [A] And I [D] hope you're [C] happy [A]
all [D] the [C] time.
[D] [G] I've been [F] cotton [G] down on the Dixie [F] line.
_ [D] [G] I work [Am] all day [Dm] _
[G] trying to make [F] a dime.
_ [A] [Em] That's all [Am] right, son.
It's [D] okay by [F] [A] me.
[G] It's just the [Am] way [A] that it was [G] supposed [C] to be.
[G] Mixing the hard [E]
[D] times never bothered [A] me.
[D] I'm a country boy.
[C]
As happy as I can be.
_ [D] Oh, what I [C] say, [A] baby.
[D] _ [C] [G] I said, mixing the hard [D] times never bothered [A] me.
I'm [D] a country [Am] boy.
I'm as happy [D] as I can [Am] be.
[A] Oh, [D] that's my [E]
way, [A] baby.
[D] _ [Am] I'm a country boy.
[G] I'm a [Cm] country boy.
_ [A] [D] Don't you tell me about [Am] the big city.
[D] _
[Am] I don't want to even [D] read about it.
[Cm] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ [D] [G] I'm a country [C] boy.
[A] _ _ [D] _ [C] What's it say?
[G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ I'm [A] a country boy. _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A#] Woo, bang it.
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ Let me get going here in a minute.
_ Play some [A] rock and roll for you, [Em] okay?
_ [A] _