Chords for Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis - I Just Lived a Country Song - 9/20/2018
Tempo:
97.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Dm
Fm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Em] [Dm] [F]
[C]
Swinging doors in [Dm] Whiskey River, [F] the first words I [C] learned to say
Willie Merle and [Dm] all those outlaws, [F] was all the daddy [C] that would play
These beer [F] joints where I'm working, I started working at [C] sixteen
[Am] Now if I look [Dm] a little ragged, [Fm] must be those thirty [C] years between
[Bb] [Fm] [C] My first single [Dm] hit the big time, [F] for a while there [C] I was hot
I can't recall the [Dm] early nineties, [F] these last ten I'd rather [C] not
[Fm] There [C] are mornings [F] when I wonder, what I can show for [C] all my time
[Am] Oh but I sure [Dm] can sing with feeling, [F] Whiskey River take [C] my [Bb] mind
[F] [C] This honky-tonking way of living, [F] I've been living way [C] too long
Excuse me if I'm late [Dm] for heaven, [F] I just lived a [C] country song
Now
[Dm] [F] [A]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] at this super [Dm] 8 in Reno, [F] a couple screaming [C] through the wall
I'm laying in my [Dm] jeans and dreaming, [F] about a girl in [C] Omaha
Well that's been twenty [F] years and counting, I can't go back [C] there anyhow
[Am] I've hitched my wagon [Dm] to a heartache, [F] and Lord I'm sleeping [C] with it [Bb] now
[F] [C] This honky-tonking way of living, [F] will make the weak [C] out of the strong
Don't tell your [Dm] troubles to me Linda, [Fm] till you've lived a [C] country song
When [G] that lost highway finds you, them family ties won't bind [F] you
No matter how your mama [C] may try, [Db] just [Am] follow Hank down that [D] highway
Could you feel it when you [Gm] say, I'm [G] so lonesome [D] I could [G] cry
[Bbm] [F] [G]
[Gm] [G]
This honky [C]-tonking way of living, [Fm]
I've been living [C] way too long
Excuse me if I'm [Dm] late for heaven, [Em] [Fm]
I just lived a [C] country song
And [Db] if I never [Dm] get to heaven, [F]
it's cause I lived a [C] country [Bb] song
[F] [C]
[C]
Swinging doors in [Dm] Whiskey River, [F] the first words I [C] learned to say
Willie Merle and [Dm] all those outlaws, [F] was all the daddy [C] that would play
These beer [F] joints where I'm working, I started working at [C] sixteen
[Am] Now if I look [Dm] a little ragged, [Fm] must be those thirty [C] years between
[Bb] [Fm] [C] My first single [Dm] hit the big time, [F] for a while there [C] I was hot
I can't recall the [Dm] early nineties, [F] these last ten I'd rather [C] not
[Fm] There [C] are mornings [F] when I wonder, what I can show for [C] all my time
[Am] Oh but I sure [Dm] can sing with feeling, [F] Whiskey River take [C] my [Bb] mind
[F] [C] This honky-tonking way of living, [F] I've been living way [C] too long
Excuse me if I'm late [Dm] for heaven, [F] I just lived a [C] country song
Now
[Dm] [F] [A]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C] at this super [Dm] 8 in Reno, [F] a couple screaming [C] through the wall
I'm laying in my [Dm] jeans and dreaming, [F] about a girl in [C] Omaha
Well that's been twenty [F] years and counting, I can't go back [C] there anyhow
[Am] I've hitched my wagon [Dm] to a heartache, [F] and Lord I'm sleeping [C] with it [Bb] now
[F] [C] This honky-tonking way of living, [F] will make the weak [C] out of the strong
Don't tell your [Dm] troubles to me Linda, [Fm] till you've lived a [C] country song
When [G] that lost highway finds you, them family ties won't bind [F] you
No matter how your mama [C] may try, [Db] just [Am] follow Hank down that [D] highway
Could you feel it when you [Gm] say, I'm [G] so lonesome [D] I could [G] cry
[Bbm] [F] [G]
[Gm] [G]
This honky [C]-tonking way of living, [Fm]
I've been living [C] way too long
Excuse me if I'm [Dm] late for heaven, [Em] [Fm]
I just lived a [C] country song
And [Db] if I never [Dm] get to heaven, [F]
it's cause I lived a [C] country [Bb] song
[F] [C]
Key:
C
F
Dm
Fm
Bb
C
F
Dm
[F] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Swinging doors in [Dm] Whiskey River, _ _ [F] the first words I [C] learned to say
_ _ Willie Merle and [Dm] all those outlaws, [F] _ was all the daddy [C] that would play
_ _ _ These beer [F] joints where I'm working, _ _ I started working at [C] sixteen
_ _ [Am] Now if I look [Dm] a little ragged, [Fm] must be those thirty [C] years between
[Bb] _ [Fm] [C] My first single [Dm] hit the big time, _ [F] _ for a while there [C] I was hot
_ _ I can't recall the [Dm] early nineties, _ _ [F] these last ten I'd rather [C] not
_ _ _ [Fm] There [C] are mornings [F] when I wonder, _ _ what I can show for [C] all my _ time
[Am] Oh but I sure [Dm] can sing with feeling, _ [F] _ Whiskey River take [C] my [Bb] mind
[F] _ [C] This honky-tonking way of living, [F] _ I've been living way [C] too long
_ Excuse me if I'm late [Dm] for heaven, _ [F] I just lived a [C] country song
_ _ _ Now _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ at this super [Dm] 8 in Reno, _ _ [F] a couple screaming [C] through the wall
_ I'm laying in my [Dm] jeans and dreaming, _ _ [F] about a girl in [C] Omaha
_ _ _ Well that's been twenty [F] years and counting, _ _ I can't go back [C] there anyhow
_ [Am] _ I've hitched my wagon [Dm] to a heartache, _ [F] and Lord I'm sleeping [C] with it [Bb] now
[F] [C] This honky-tonking way of living, _ [F] will make the weak [C] out of the strong
_ _ Don't tell your [Dm] troubles to me Linda, _ [Fm] till you've lived a [C] country song
_ _ _ When [G] that lost highway finds you, them family ties won't bind [F] you
No matter how your mama [C] may try, [Db] just [Am] follow Hank down that [D] highway
Could you feel it when you [Gm] say, I'm [G] so lonesome [D] I could [G] cry
_ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
This honky [C]-tonking way of living, [Fm] _ _
I've been living [C] way too long _ _
Excuse me if I'm [Dm] late for heaven, _ [Em] _ [Fm]
I just lived a [C] country song _ _
And [Db] if I never [Dm] get to heaven, _ [F]
it's cause I lived a [C] country [Bb] song
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Swinging doors in [Dm] Whiskey River, _ _ [F] the first words I [C] learned to say
_ _ Willie Merle and [Dm] all those outlaws, [F] _ was all the daddy [C] that would play
_ _ _ These beer [F] joints where I'm working, _ _ I started working at [C] sixteen
_ _ [Am] Now if I look [Dm] a little ragged, [Fm] must be those thirty [C] years between
[Bb] _ [Fm] [C] My first single [Dm] hit the big time, _ [F] _ for a while there [C] I was hot
_ _ I can't recall the [Dm] early nineties, _ _ [F] these last ten I'd rather [C] not
_ _ _ [Fm] There [C] are mornings [F] when I wonder, _ _ what I can show for [C] all my _ time
[Am] Oh but I sure [Dm] can sing with feeling, _ [F] _ Whiskey River take [C] my [Bb] mind
[F] _ [C] This honky-tonking way of living, [F] _ I've been living way [C] too long
_ Excuse me if I'm late [Dm] for heaven, _ [F] I just lived a [C] country song
_ _ _ Now _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ at this super [Dm] 8 in Reno, _ _ [F] a couple screaming [C] through the wall
_ I'm laying in my [Dm] jeans and dreaming, _ _ [F] about a girl in [C] Omaha
_ _ _ Well that's been twenty [F] years and counting, _ _ I can't go back [C] there anyhow
_ [Am] _ I've hitched my wagon [Dm] to a heartache, _ [F] and Lord I'm sleeping [C] with it [Bb] now
[F] [C] This honky-tonking way of living, _ [F] will make the weak [C] out of the strong
_ _ Don't tell your [Dm] troubles to me Linda, _ [Fm] till you've lived a [C] country song
_ _ _ When [G] that lost highway finds you, them family ties won't bind [F] you
No matter how your mama [C] may try, [Db] just [Am] follow Hank down that [D] highway
Could you feel it when you [Gm] say, I'm [G] so lonesome [D] I could [G] cry
_ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
This honky [C]-tonking way of living, [Fm] _ _
I've been living [C] way too long _ _
Excuse me if I'm [Dm] late for heaven, _ [Em] _ [Fm]
I just lived a [C] country song _ _
And [Db] if I never [Dm] get to heaven, _ [F]
it's cause I lived a [C] country [Bb] song
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _