Thank God I'm A Country Boy

Chords

Standard

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Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back, Ain’t much a country boy like me can’t 
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hack
      G                           C           G         D      G
It’s early to rise, early in the sack, thank God I’m a country boy.
   G                                   C     G                       F
A simple kind of life never did me no harm, raisin’ me a family and livin’ on the 
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farm,
    G                                        C            G         D      G
My days are all filled with an easy country charm, thank God I’m a country boy.

Chorus: 
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Well, I got me a fine wife, I got my old fiddle
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When the sun’s comin’ up I got cakes on the griddle,
                                       C             G         D       G
Life ain’t nothin’ but a funny, funny riddle, thank God I’m a country boy.

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When the work’s all done and the sun’s settin’ low, I pull out my fiddle and 
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rosin up the bow.
         G                                   C          G         D       G
But the kids are a-sleep so I keep it kinda low, thank God I’m a country boy.
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I’d play “Sally Goodin” all day if I could but the wife and my family wouldn’t 
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take it very good
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So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should, thank God I’m a country boy.

Chorus
 
           G                                     C     G 
Well I wouldn’t trade my life for diamonds or jewels, I never was one of those 
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money hungry fools,
     G                                    C            G         D       G
I’d rather have my fiddle and my farmin’ tools, thank God I’m a country boy.
       G                             C              G                      F
Yeah, city folks drivin’ in a black lim-ou-sine, a lotta sad people think that’s 
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mighty keen
       G                                       C           G         D       G
Well, folks, let me tell you ex-act-ly what I mean, thank God I’m a country boy

Chorus

         G                                     C         G   
Well my fiddle was my daddy’s till the day he died, and took me by the hand and 
         F            G
held me close to his side
           G                                     C                G         
He said, “Live a good life, play my fiddle with pride, and thank God you’re a 
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country boy.
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My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle, he taught me how to work 
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and play a tune of the fiddle
    G                                             C             G          D
He taught me how to love and how to give just a little , thank God I’m a country
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boy.

Ending Chorus