Tell A Country Boy chords by Rodney Atkins

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
(D MajorD) x 4 measures

Verse:
  D MajorD                    E minorEm
Now he ain't much for talkin', but he means every word he says
     G+G                        D MajorD
And that color on his arms and neck ain't from no tanning bed
D MajorD                     E minorEm
Leaves no doubt 'bout where he stands on a Chevy or the Lord
       G+G           D MajorD      D MajorD
Yeah, you can always tell a country boy, yeah | ---

  D MajorD                E minorEm
Now his idea of heaven is home sweet home east Tennessee
     G+G
But for a girl like you he would pull up roots
     G+G    F#F#   E minorEm  D MajorD
And move down the road a piece
   D MajorD                 E minorEm
He'll always take his own sweet time, if you give him a choice
       G+G             D MajorD
Yeah, you can always tell a country boy

Chorus:
   G+G       D MajorD      A augmentedA         D MajorD
Yeah, you can always tell him but you can't tell him much
    G+G       D MajorD      A augmentedA
'Cause all he's ever gonna be is who he always was
 B minorBm        A augmentedA        G+G
A augmentedA cross between his old man and his momma's pride and joy
F#F#   E minorEm      G+G      D MajorD D
You can always tell a country boy | ---

     D MajorD                E minorEm
He'll go off and take a long walk when he needs some time to think
   G+G                   G+G    F#F#  E minorEm D MajorD
Might even let you drive his truck when he's had too much to drink
     D MajorD               E minorEm
'Bout as true blue as Old Glory waitin' out there on the porch
       G+G             D MajorD
Yeah, you can always tell a country boy

Chorus:
   G+G       D MajorD       A augmentedA         D MajorD
Yeah, you can always tell him, but you can't tell him much
   G+G         D MajorD         A augmentedA
Some- times his gears'll turn so slow, you swear they're gonna rust
F#F#   E minorEm      G+G      D MajorD
You can always tell a country boy

Bridge:
    C majorC                B minorBm
You can drag him from the country every now and then
  E minorEm               A augmentedA
But you can't drag 'em forty acres out of him

Chorus:
   G+G       D MajorD       A augmentedA         D MajorD
Yeah, you can always tell him, but you can't tell him much
   G+G         F#F#          A augmentedA
He's on a fence about a lot of things, but on you his mind's made up
     B minorBm           A augmentedA        G+G
'Cause he swears there's nothin' sweeter than the sweet sound of your voice
F#F#   E minorEm      A augmentedA      B minorBm
You can always tell a country boy

   A augmentedA       G+G
What- ever's on your heart
F#F#    E MajorE        A augmentedA    D MajorD
Now come on and tell this country boy