Key: G
Introduction: G
Em7
C9
D
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What a sad state of affairs I'm in
Em7
'Cause I'm tryin' to compete where I just don't fit in
C9
The country if you'd call it that from off the row
D
It ain't country, trust me 'cause I'm old enough to know that
C9
G
That ain't country
C9
G
That's a natural fact
C9
G
It's full of tales of good times and happy endings
D
My life ain't like that
C9
G
So I'll be listenin' to the old songs
C9
G
That my granddad used to play
C9
G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
C9
The songs that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
G
Em7
C9
D
G
So tell me, whatever happened to the country songs
Em7
Full of truth and consequences or the things gone wrong?
C9
Someone came and changed it up, made it all a lie
C9
G
That ain't country
C9
G
That's a natural fact
C9
G
It's full of tales of good times and happy endings
D
My life ain't like that
C9
G
So I'll be listenin' to the old songs
C9
G
That my granddad used to play
C9
G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
C9
The songs that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
G
Em7
C9
D
G
(Strum
We got Waylon singin' songs 'bout a ramblin' man
Em7
(Strum
And Junior's got a cold one in his hand
C9
(Strum
And the Parson's gettin' drunk again, imagine that
D
With Charlie Daniels playin' fiddle underneath that hat
G
John and Junior goin' back and forth again
Em7
And David Allen Coe is singin' 'bout his kin
C9
Haggard sings the songs that'll save your soul
D
Willie's songs are all about the hearts he's stole, 'cause
C9
G
That shit's country
C9
G
That's a natural fact
C9
G
It's full of tales of hard times and complications
D
Ain't life like that?
C9
G
So I'll be listenin' to the old songs
C9
G
That my granddad used to play
C9
G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
C9
The songs that speak to me
D
Em7
The way I feel today
C9
The songs that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
G
Em7
C9
D
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