Key: D Intro: D Verse 1: D I learned if you wanna eat breakfast in the morning C Be in the kitchen by 6 a.m. D Learned by September that you better have your corn in C G Best bass bait is a baby brim D How to cuss, how to pray F G Drive a truck and bale hay are on my backroad resume
Chorus: D F It's down with the sun, up with the chickens G 30-06 and a bluetick hound D F Harvest moon means soybeans need picking G Fish won't bite when the cows lay down D F Learned "I Saw The Light" with the congregation G D Part of my country education Verse 2: D Those cheap guitars and post hole diggers D Put hard еarned callouses on my hands D Can't scratch off them blackbеrry chiggers C G And long winters won't fade my farmer's tan D Muddy boots, tractor grease F G Twenty-twos, thirty-threes is how I got my PhD Chorus: D F It's down with the sun, up with the chickens G 30-06 and a bluetick hound D F Harvest moon means soybeans need picking G Fish won't bite when the cows lay down D F Learned "I Saw The Light" with the congregation G D F G Part of my country education Bridge: Dm How to cuss, how to pray G Skin a buck and bale hay Dm Muddy boots, tractor grease G F Twenty-twos and thirty-threes Chorus: D F It's down with the sun, up with the chickens G 30-06 and a bluetick hound D F Harvest moon means soybeans need picking G Fish won't bite when the cows lay down D F Learned "I Saw The Light" with the congregation G Part of my country, part of my country D Part of my country education Outro: D Yeah, it's a backwoods, blue collar, working man's degree