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[Intro]
G
CI sit for hours up above the town me and my old blue tick
hound on a summer niGght got you on my mind
CFrom time to time he tries to cheer me up but so far he
ain't had much luck nothing Ghe can do got these doggone
 bluGesD/F#  Em  
Moonlight shinin doBmwn on the rivCer I Emremember swimBmmin
togCether doEmwn on main theres a picBmture shoCw all Amthose
nights on the veDry last row
[Chorus]
I'm Cjust a country boy this is how a country boy misGses you
thinkin bout the beCtter days turnin back the memories
 thats alGl I D/F#do I sEmpend my days where we Bmused to goC  
 shAmootin tin cans off that old Dfence post I'm jAmust a
country boy and thiD/Bs is how a couCntry boy misses yGou
CThis morning we drove by your house I could't help but
stop and get out saw yoGur mama smile said how ya doin
child hCow bout somthin ice cold to drink no I ain't heard
from her all week I'll tell her Ghi tell her you stopped D/F#by
FEmine ma'am I'll be Bmon my wCay droEmve the back roads the
rBmest of the dCay iEmt dead ended in a fiBmeld of coCrn I Amhung my
head and laDid on the horn
[Chorus]
I'm Cjust a country boy this is how a country boy misGses you
thinkin bout the beCtter days turnin back the memories
 thats alGl I D/F#do I sEmpend my days where we Bmused to goC  
 shAmootin tin cans off that old Dfence post I'm jAmust a
country boy and thiD/Bs is how a couCntry boy misses yGou
[Bridge]
GI guess D/F#these sEmmall town dreams will nBmever come tCrue
TAmhat big city's got a hDold on you
[Solo]
 C         G  C   G D/F# Em
Spend my days whBmere we usCed to go shoAmotin tin cans off Dan
old fence post I'm just a couAmntry boy and this D/Bis how a
coCuntry boy misses you
Misses yoGu

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Im Just A Country Boy

by David Ball

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D/F#

D/B

[Intro]

I sit for hours up above the town me and my old blue tick

hound on a summer night got you on my mind

From time to time he tries to cheer me up but so far he

ain't had much luck nothing he can do got these doggone

G D/F# Em

blues

Bm C Em Bm

Moonlight shinin down on the river I remember swimmin

C Em Bm C Am

together down on main theres a picture show all those

nights on the very last row

[Chorus]

C G

I'm just a country boy this is how a country boy misses you

thinkin bout the better days turnin back the memories

G D/F# Em Bm C

thats all I do I spend my days where we used to go

Am D Am

shootin tin cans off that old fence post I'm just a

D/B C G

country boy and this is how a country boy misses you

This morning we drove by your house I could't help but

stop and get out saw your mama smile said how ya doin

child how bout somthin ice cold to drink no I ain't heard

G D/F#

from her all week I'll tell her hi tell her you stopped by

Em Bm C Em

Fine ma'am I'll be on my way drove the back roads the

Bm C Em Bm C Am

rest of the day it dead ended in a field of corn I hung my

head and laid on the horn

[Chorus]

C G

I'm just a country boy this is how a country boy misses you

thinkin bout the better days turnin back the memories

G D/F# Em Bm C

thats all I do I spend my days where we used to go

Am D Am

shootin tin cans off that old fence post I'm just a

D/B C G

country boy and this is how a country boy misses you

[Bridge]

G D/F# Em Bm C

I guess these small town dreams will never come true

Am D

That big city's got a hold on you

[Solo]

C G C G D/F# Em

Bm C Am D

Spend my days where we used to go shootin tin cans off an

Am D/B

old fence post I'm just a country boy and this is how a

country boy misses you

Misses you

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