Thank god I’m a
country boy
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1. Well, life on a farm is kinda laid back,
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ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack.
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It's
early to rise and early in the sack,
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thank
God I'm a country boy !
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2. Well, a simple kind of life, never did me no
harm,
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G E
raising me a family and working on a farm.
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My days
are all filled with an easy country charm,
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thank God I'm a country boy !
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Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old
fiddle,
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when the sun's coming up, I got cakes on the
griddle.
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And life ain't nothing but a funny, funny
riddle,
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thank
God I'm a country boy !
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3. When the work's all done and the sun's
setting low,
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I pull out my fiddle and I'm rosing up the bow.
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But
the kids are asleep, so I keep it kinda low,
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thank
God I'm a country boy !
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D
4.
I'd play "Sally Gooding" all the day if I could,
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but the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good.
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So I
fiddle when I can and I work when I should,
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thank God I'm a country boy !
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D
5. Well, I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds
or jewels,
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I
never was one of them money hungry fools.
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D
I'd
rather have my fiddle and my farming tools,
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thank God I'm a country boy !
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6. Yeah, city folks driving in a black
limousine,
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a
lot of sad people thinking, "That's mighty keen".
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Well, folks let me tell you now exactly what I mean,
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thank God I'm a country boy !
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7. Well, my fiddle was my daddy's 'til the day
he died,
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and he took me by his hand, held me close to his side.
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He
said, "Live a good live and play my fiddle with pride!"
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Thank God I'm a country boy !
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D
8. My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how
to whittle,
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he taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle.
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He
taught me how to love and how to give just a little,
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thank God I'm a country boy !
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(John Denver)