Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard tuning
I play with the capo on the 1st fret.
Intro
D MajorD E minor 7Em7 G+G D MajorD
Verse
D MajorD A augmentedA
Have you ever picked guitar on your front porch
G+G D MajorD
In the morning as the sun was risin'
A augmentedA
Or followed your dog down to the river
G+G D MajorD
And ran into an ole’ baptizin'
G+G D MajorD
Do you think to pull off on the side of the road
G+G D MajorD
When that big black hearse is passin’
G+G D MajorD
Have you ever helped someone in need
G+G D MajorD
Without them even askin’
E minor 7Em7 G+G D MajorD
We do that in the country, let me tell you 'bout country
Chorus
G+G D MajorD
Country can be in the middle of the city
G+G D MajorD
Country can be on a farm,
G+G D MajorD
Country ain’t even a place on the map,
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
It’s a place in your heart
Verse
D MajorD A augmentedA
Would you ever hitch a ride to Music City
G+G D MajorD
Just to see an Opry show
E minor 7Em7
Would you drive across the country
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
Just to listen to some country
Bridge
E minor 7Em7 G+G D MajorD
Chorus
G+G D MajorD
Country can be in the middle of the city
G+G D MajorD
Country can be in a farm,
G+G D MajorD
Country ain’t even a place on the map,
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
It’s a place in your heart
Verse
D MajorD A augmentedA
Have you ever been there at the courthouse square
G+G D MajorD
For the parade on the Fourth of July
D MajorD A augmentedA
With a tear on your face and a lump in your throat
G+G D MajorD
As you watch old glory go by,
G+G D MajorD
Or sat through a service where they played taps
G+G D MajorD
For a soldier who never came home
G+G D MajorD
Or looked in the sad brown eyes of his momma
G+G D MajorD
As she touched his name on that stone
Outro
E minor 7Em7 G+G D MajorD
He fought for his country and died for his country
E minor 7Em7 G+G
Yea, I love my country
D MajorD
Let me tell ya 'bout country