Country Boy chords by Abie Rotenberg

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Verse :
I was raised on a Kansas farm
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where corn and soybean grow
    C majorC
How my family came to be there's
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something no one seemed to know


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I played quarterback in high school
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my mom baked apple pie
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Each year we'd fly the stars and stripes
     A minorAm    G+G   C majorC
on the fourth day of July

C majorC
My folks never said much
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but “Did you do your chores today”
C majorC
Then again from time to time
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"G-d bless the USA"
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I grew into a man
      C majorC      FF
with my uncomplicated life
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And asked the girl from down the road
A minorAm   G+G   C majorC
Caroline, to be my wife


Chorus:
     FF Bb majorBb FF
I was a country boy
      C majorC
living the all American dream
 G+G
Hard at work, drinking hard
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not much in between.
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Never gave much thought to matters
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of the spirit or the soul
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Wouldn't trade my way of life
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for a bushel full of gold.

   C majorC
But one night in the attic
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in an old and dusty crate
  C majorC
I found great-grandpa's diary
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‘til dawn I read it straight.
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Turns out he fled from Russia
     C majorC FF
back in 18--93
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The oldest child to my surprise
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of a Jewish family.

  C majorC
I showed it to my parents
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they said "Son, yes it's true
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But it’s just ancient history
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don't let it trouble you"
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First thing great-grandpappy did
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when he set foot on this land
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Was say I pledge allegiance
  A minorAm   G+G   C majorC
to good old Uncle Sam.

Chorus:
     FF Bb majorBb FF
I was a country boy
      C majorC
living the all American dream
 G+G
Hard at work, drinking hard
FF        C majorC
not much in between.
    FF     Bb majorBb    FF
Never gave much thought to matters
     G+G      A minorAm
of the spirit or the soul
      FF    C majorC
Wouldn't trade my way of life
    G+G       C majorC
for a bushel full of gold.

  C majorC
But I was more than taken back
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my thoughts out of control
  C majorC
I said I got to know more
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put my wedding plans on hold.
    FF   G+G    A minorAm
So I drove up to the city
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told the Rabbi what I knew
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He said "Please let me teach you
     A minorAm   G+G   C majorC
what it means to be a Jew."

   C majorC
He taught me about Torah
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and the mitzvos 613
   C majorC
And how our lives have meaning
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if we keep ourselves pristine.
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Day after day he challenged me
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"Come home
I know you can"
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He seemed so sad when I said
      A minorAm    G+G  C majorC
"I can't change the way I am."

   C majorC
They all ran out to greet me
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my dear folks and Caroline
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So happy I was home
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that I hadn't lost my mind.
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"Son", my daddy said
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"While you were gone
I made a pact
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That I'd buy you a brand new truck
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the day that you came back"

  C majorC
We each have moments in our lives
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that show G-d's providence
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But mostly we just shrug them off
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as mere coincidence.
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When I went to get new plates
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down at the DMV
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The license plate they gave me read
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G-E-T-6-1-3.


Chorus:
       FF  Bb majorBb FF
I'm still a country boy
      C majorC
but now my life's a dream come true
     G+G
Studying Torah in Jerusalem
     FF        C majorC
with the Western Wall in view
  FF    Bb majorBb     FF
My mind is filled with matters
     G+G       A minorAm
of the spirit and the soul
      FF    C majorC   G+G
Wouldn't trade my Yiddishkeit
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for a bushel full of gold

       FF  Bb majorBb FF
I'm still a country boy
      C majorC
but now my life's a dream come true
     G+G
Studying Torah in Jerusalem
     FF        C majorC
with the Western Wall in view
  FF    Bb majorBb   FF
My Hebrew's got a country twang
  G+G        A minorAm
but no one makes a fuss
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And now I mean it when I say
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the words, "In G-d we trust."