Key: Cm
Introduction: Am C D Am
Am
Right outside of this one church town
C
There's a gold, dirt road to a whole lot of nothin'
D
Got a deed to the land but it ain't my ground
Am
This is God's country
Am
We pray for rain, thank him when it's fallin'
C
'Cause it brings a grain and a little bit of money
D
We put it back in the plate I guess that's why
Am
They call it God's country
Am
I saw the light in the sunrise
C
Sittin' back in the 40 on a muddy riverside
D
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine
Am
With the dogs running
Am
Saved by the sound of the been found
C
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
D
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Am
This is God's country
Am
We turned the dirt and worked until the week's done
C
We take a break and break bread on Sunday
D
And then do it all again 'cause we're proud to be
Am
From God's country (Yeah, yeah)
Am
I saw the light in the sunrise
C
Sittin' back in the 40 on a muddy riverside
D
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine
Am
With the dogs running
Am
Saved by the sound of the been found
C
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
D
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Am
This is God's country (yeah)
Am
I don't care what my headstone reads
C
And what kind of pine wood box I end up in
D
When it's my time, lay me six feet deep
Am
In God's country (Yeah, yeah)
Am
I saw the light in the sunrise
C
Sittin' back in the 40 on a muddy riverside
D
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine
Am
With the dogs running
Am
Saved by the sound of the been found
C
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
D
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Am
This is God's country (God's country)
Am
I saw the light in the sunrise
C
Sittin' back in the 40 on a muddy riverside
D
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine
Am
With the dogs running
Am
Saved by the sound of the been found
C
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
D
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Am
This is God's country