Country boy    (video)

 

    D - G - C - D (2x)

 

              D

1. When I was born as I recall

              G                                        C          D

    the preacher didn't hold out any hope at all.

           D

    He looked at me all pink and skin,

        G                                                C       D

    thought he'd better dip me in the bath again.

 

+  D - G - C - D

 

          D

2. I scuffed my shins on bigger things,

        G                                        C

    people throwin' rocks at the angel's wings.

                D

    But through it all I stood tall,

     G                                              C              D

    even when my back was up against the wall.

 

  Bm                                                G                     D

+     The devil's daughter keeps a calling out my name,

Bm                                    C                                         G - A

    I so sincerely want to cross the road and play the ga.....me.

 

   D                                             - G                                 C          D

Raise your hands, jump for joy,       let's hear it for the country boy !

   D                                             - G                                 C          D

Raise your hands, jump for joy,       let's hear it for the country boy !

 

+  D - G - C - G

 

          D

2. So I grow'd up, became a man,

        G                                                C

    I took my daddy's teachings all across the land.

             D

    The journey's long, but I must be strong,

            G                                             C                D

    and try to tell the difference 'tween right and wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Bm                                               G                     D

+     The devil's daughter keeps a calling out my name,

Bm                                               C                                          G - A

    I've been to heaven now, I'm never gonna see things the sa.....me.

 

   D                                             - G                                 C          D

Raise your hands, jump for joy,       let's hear it for the country boy !

   D                                             - G                                 C          D

Raise your hands, jump for joy,       let's hear it for the country boy !

 

    D - G  

+             Let’s hear it from a country boy !  (6x)

 

   D                                             - G                                 C          D

Raise your hands, jump for joy,       let's hear it for the country boy !

   D                                             - G                                 C          D

Raise your hands, jump for joy,       let's hear it for the country boy  ....

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Jimmy Nail)