Key: F
Introduction:
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If I was a running this country,
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I'd start it over from scratch,
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Keep what's good pile up what's bad,
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And then I'd strike the match,
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Yeah we go back to the basics,
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Of how things ought to be,
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Yeah there'd be a line of changes,
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If it was left up to me,
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Cause what this country needs,
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Is a little more steel guitar,
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And put a little fiddle right in the middle,
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Straight out of a Texas bar,
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And give us a song we can all sing along,
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From sea to shining sea,
Yeah be proud of it and always love it,
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That's what this country needs,
(verse 2)
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Now if you want to hear about living
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Just twist that radio dial
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You come to a singer singing what life's all about
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But you can't deny that people still cry
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They laugh and they smile and they hurt
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That's my humble opinion y'all
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you can take it for what it's worth
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Cause what this country needs,
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Is a little more steel guitar,
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And put a little fiddle right in the middle,
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Straight out of a Texas bar,
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And give us a song we can all sing along,
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From sea to shining sea,
Yeah be proud of it and always love it,
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That's what this country needs,
(Bridie)
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Yeah turn it on up and let it ring out
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Across the land of the free
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They ought to build a statue to Hank Williams Sr,
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And watch it change the scenery,
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Cause what this country needs,
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Is a little more steel guitar
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Yea put a sawing fiddle right square in the middle,
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Straight out of a Texas bar,
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And y'all give us a song that we all can sing,
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From sea to shining sea,
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Yeah be proud of it and always love it,
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That's what this country needs,