If That Ain't Country chords by David Allen Coe

Verse 1:
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The old man was covered with tattoos and scars, he got some in prison and others in bars
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The rest he got workin' on old junk cars in the day time
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They looked like tombstones in our yard
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And i never seen him when he wasn't tired and mean

Verse 2:
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He sold used parts to make ends meet, covered with grease from his head to his feet
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Cussin' the sweat and the Texas heat, and mus-keeters
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And the neighbors said we lived like hicks,
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But they brung their cars for Pa to fix anyhow.

Verse 3:
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He was vet'rin proud, tried and true, he'd fight till his heart was black and blue,
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Didn't know how he'd made it through, the hard times
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He'd bought our house on the G.I. bill,
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But it wasn't worth all he had to kill to get it

Verse 4:
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He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black, chewed tobacco from a mail-pouch sack,
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Had an old dog that was trained to attack, sometimes
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He'd get drunk and mean as a rattlesnake,
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And there wasn't too much that he would take, from a stranger

Bridge:
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There was 13 kids and a bunch of dogs, house full of chickens and a yard full of hogs,
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Spent the summertime cuttin' up logs for the winter
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Tryin' like the devil to find the lord, and workin' like a n---- for my room and board,
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Coal burnin' stove, no natural gas, and if that ain't country, i'll kiss your ass.

Chorus:
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If that ain't country, it'll hairlip the pope,
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If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
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I've seen the grand 'ole opry and i met johnny cash,
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And if that ain't country, i'll kiss your ass.

Instrumental Break:

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Verse 5:
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Momma sells eggs at a grocery store, my oldest sister is a first-rate whore,
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Dad says she can't come home any more, and he means it
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Ma just sits and keeps her silence
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Sister she left 'cause dad got violent, and he knows it

Verse 6:
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Momma she's old, far beyond her time, from choppin' tobacco and i seen her cryin
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When blood started flowin' from her calloused hand, and it hurt me
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But she'd just keep workin' tryin' to help the old man,
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From the end of one row and back again,like always

Verse 7:
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She's been through hell since junior went to jail, and when the lights go out she ain't never failed,
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To get down on her knees and pray, 'cause she loves him
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Told all the neighbors he was off in the war,
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Fightin' for freedom, he's good to the core, and she's proud

Verse 8:
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Our place was a graveyard for automobiles, at the end of the porch there was 4 stacks of wheels,
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And tires for sale for a dollar or two, cash

Bridge:
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There was 50 holes in an old tin roof
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Me and my family was livin' proof,
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Of people who forgot about poor white trash
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And if that ain't country i'll kiss your ass

Chorus:
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If that ain't country, it'll hairlip the pope,
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If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
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I've seen the grand 'ole opry and i met johnny cash,
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And if that ain't country, i'll kiss your ass.

Outro:
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I'm thinking tonight of my   blue eyes
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Concerning the great speckled bird
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I didn't know god made honky-tonk angels
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