{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1756270,"song":"If That Aint Country","artist":"David Allan Coe","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11380197-if-that-aint-country-chords-by-david-allan-coe/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1756270?type=chord","rating":4.85196,"votes":292,"content":"[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nTHE OLD MAN WAS COVERED WITH TATOOS AND SCARS, HE GOT SOME IN PRISON AND SOME IN THE BARS. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nTHE REST HE GOT WORKIN' ON OLD JUNK CARS IN THE DAY TIME. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nTHEY LOOKED LIKE TOMBSTONES IN OUR YARD [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAND I NEVER SEEN HIM WHEN HE WASN'T TIRED AND MEAN. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHE SOLD USED PARTS TO MAKE ENDS MEET, COVERED WITH GREASE FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FEET, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nCUSSIN' THE SUN AND THE TEXAS HEAT, AND THE SKEETERS. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAND THE NEIGHBORS SAY WE LIVE LIKE HICKS, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBUT THEY BRING THEIR CARS FOR PA TO FIX ANYHOW. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHE WAS VET'RIN PROUD, TRIED AND TRUE, HE'D FIGHT TILL HIS HEART WAS BLACK AND BLUE, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nDIDN'T KNOW HOW HE'D MAKE IT THROUGH, THE HARD TIMES. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nBOUGHT OUR HOUSE ON THE G.I. BILL, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBUT IT WASN'T WORTH ALL HE HAD TO KILL TO GET IT. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHE DRANK PEARL IN A CAN AND JACK DANIELS BLACK, CHEWED TOBACCO FROM A MAIL-POUCH SACK, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHAD AN OLD DOG THAT WAS TRAINED TO ATTACK, SOMETIMES. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nHE'D GET DRUNK AND MEAN AS A RATTLESNAKE, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAND THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH THAT HE WOULD TAKE, FROM A STRANGER. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nTHERE WAS 13 KIDS AND A BUNCH OF DOGS, HOUSE FULL OF CHICKENS AND A YARD FULL OF HOGS, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSPENT THE SUMMERTIME CUTTIN' UP LOGS FOR THE WINTER. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nTRYIN' LIKE THE DEVIL TO FIND THE LORD, AND WORKIN' LIKE A N---- FOR MY ROOM AND BOARD, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nCOAL BURNIN' STOVE, NO NATURAL GAS, AND IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nIF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'LL HAIRLIP THE POPE, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nIF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'S A DAMN GOOD JOKE. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI'VE SEEN THE GRAND 'OLE OPRY AND I MET JOHNNY CASH, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAND IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWELL, MOMMA SOLD EGGS AT THE GROCERY STORE, MY OLDEST SISTER WAS A FIRST-RATE WHORE, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nDAD SAYS SHE CAN'T COME HOME ANY MORE, AND HE MEANS IT. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nMA JUST SITS AND KEEPS HER SILENCE [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSISTER SHE LEFT 'CAUSE DAD GOT VIOLENT, AND SHE KNOWS IT. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMOMMA SHE'S OLD, FAR BEYOND HER TIME, FROM CHOPPIN' TOBACCO [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAND I SEEN HER CRYIN WHEN BLOOD STARTED FLOWIN' FROM HER CALLOUSED HANDS, AND IT HURT ME. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nBUT SHE'D JUST KEEP WORKIN' TRYIN' TO HELP THE OLD MAN, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nFROM THE END OF ONE ROW AND BACK AGAIN,LIKE ALWAYS. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSHE'D BEEN THROUGH HELL SINCE JUNIOR WENT TO JAIL, AND WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT SHE AIN'T NEVER FAILED, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nTO GET DOWN ON HER KNEES AND PRAY, 'CAUSE SHE LOVES HIM. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nSHE TOLD ALL THE NEIGHBORS HE WAS OFF IN THE WAR, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nFIGHTIN' FOR FREEDOM, HE'S GOOD TO THE CORE, AND SHE'S PROUD. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nOUR PLACE WAS A GRAVEYARD FOR AUTOMOBILES, AT THE END OF THE PORCH WERE 4 STACKS OF WHEELS, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAND TIRES FOR SALE FOR A DOLLAR OR TWO, CASH. [/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTHERE WERE 50 HOLES IN THAT OLD TIN ROOF. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nME AND MY FAMILY WAS LIVIN' PROOF, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nOF PEOPLE WHO FORGOT ABOUT POOR WHITE TRASH [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAND IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY I'LL KISS YOUR ASS. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nIF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'LL HAIRLIP THE POPE, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nIF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, IT'S A DAMN GOOD JOKE. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI'VE SEEN THE GRAND 'OLE OPRY AND I MET JOHNNY CASH, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAND IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY, I'LL KISS YOUR ASS. 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