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C _ _ _ _ Right outside of this one church town,
Cm there's a gold
Eb dirt road to a whole lot of nothing.
F Got a deed to the land, but it ain't my ground.
C This is God's country.
_ We pray for rain and thank him when it's falling,
Cm because it brings a grain
Eb and a little bit of money.
We
F put it back in a plate, I guess that's why they call
Cm it God's country.
_ I saw the light in a sunrise
Eb sitting back in a 40 on the muddy riverside,
F getting baptized.
in holy water and shine
C with the dogs running.
_ Saved by the sound of a bing-found
Eb Dixie whistle in the wind, that'll get you heaven bound.
The
F devil went down to judge it, but he didn't stick around.
C This is God's country.
_ We turn the dirt and work until the week's
Cm done.
We take a break and break bread
Eb on Sunday,
F then do it all again, because we're
Cm proud.
to be
C from God's country.
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Eb _ _ _ _
F _ We
C pray for rain and thank him when it's falling, because it brings a grain and
Cm _ _ .
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Eb _ _ _ _
F _ _ _ .
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Cm a little.
bit of money.
This is God's country.
_ I don't care what my headstone reads or what kind of pine wood
Eb box I end up
F in.
When it's my time, lay me six feet deep
Cm in God's country.
_ _ _ _ .
Sunrise
Eb sitting back in a 40 on the muddy riverside,
F getting baptized in holy water.
and shine
Cm with the dogs running.
_ Saved by the sound of a bing-found
Eb Dixie whistle in the wind, that'll get you heaven bound.
F The devil went down to judge it, but he didn't stick around.
C This is God's country.
We turn
Cm the dirt and work until the week's done.
Sunrise
Eb sitting back in a 40 on the muddy riverside,
F getting baptized in holy water.
and shine
Cm with the dogs running.
_ Saved by the sound of a bing-found
Eb Dixie whistle in the wind, that'll get you heaven bound.
F The devil went down to judge it, but he didn't stick around.
Cm This is God's
C country.
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