Key: B
Introduction: B5 B5 Bm
Bm
Right outside of this one church town
Bm D
There's a gold dirt road to a whole lot of nothin'
E
Got a deed to the land, but it ain't my ground
E Bm
This is God's country.......
Bm
We pray for rain, and thank Him when it's fallen
D
Cause it brings the grain and a little bit of money
E
We put it back in the plate
E B5 Bm
I guess that's why they call it God's country.......
Bm
I saw the light in a sunrise
D
Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside
E Bm
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine with the dogs runnin'
Bm
Saved by the sound of the been found
D
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
E
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Bm
This is God's country....
Bm
We turn the dirt and work until the week's done
Bm D
We take a break and break bread on Sunday
E
Then do it all again
E Bm
Cause we're proud to be from God's country (Yeah)
Bm
I saw the light in a sunrise
D
Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside
E Bm
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine with the dogs runnin'
Bm
Saved by the sound of the been found
D
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
E
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Bm
This is God's country.....
Bm
This is God'S country.....
Bm
I don't care what my headstone reads
Bm D
Or what kind of pinewood box I end up in
E
When it's my time, lay me six feet deep
E Bm
In God's country (yeah)
Bm
I saw the light in a sunrise
D
Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside
E Bm
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine with the dogs runnin' (dogs runnin')
Bm
Saved by the sound of the been found
D
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
E
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Bm
This is God's country (God's country)
Bm
Yeah, I saw the light in a sunrise
D
Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside
E Bm
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine with the dogs runnin' (dogs runnin')
Bm
Saved by the sound of the been found
D
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
E
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Bm
This is God's country (God's country)