Country chords by Senora May

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
G+G                 A minorAm
cedar, rough cut trim by hand, and splinters in your game,
  C majorC                 G+G
courtin’ ain't what it used to be but we all know the dream,
G+G                        A minorAm
you’re walking tall with your flintlock jaw and spitting’ out your flame
C majorC                G+G
blaming everybody else for the country on your face,

Chorus 1:

C majorC               G+G
you can tell us all you do is try,
A minorAm                  C majorC       G+G
emphasize your accent, put a little twinkle in your eye,
 C majorC                       G+G
 but you’re not proud and you don’t see what’s great
        A minorAm          C majorC        G+G
 I think you ought to, if you want country on your plate.

Verse 2:
G+G                A minorAm
fadin’ fast smoking, tearing all the pieces down,
  C majorC                    G+G
scratching at the paint, quilt patchwork, treetop to ground,
       G+G               A minorAm
and you can’t keep anything that’s nice if you don’t hold it close at night,
    C majorC        G+G
show it love, love, tenderly,

Chorus 2:
     C majorC           G+G
 you can tell us all you do is try,
 A minorAm                  C majorC       G+G
emphasize your accent, put a little twinkle in your eyes,
 C majorC                    G+G
you’re not proud and you don’t see what’s great,
       A minorAm           C majorC       G+G
 I think you ought to, if you want country on your plate,

Verse 3:
   G+G               A minorAm
big coal boom bust ringing in your ears and late at night,
     C majorC              G+G
ya lie awake thinking of what you thought you were doing right,
     G+G                  A minorAm
now the mountain streams are bleeding, your Kentucky home’s been raided,
C majorC                   G+G
 tall white oaks were gone before you knew you’d miss them too,

Chorus 3:
    C majorC           G+G
you can tell us all you do is try,
 A minorAm                 C majorC       G+G
emphasize your accent, put a little twinkle in your eye,
   C majorC                   G+G
but you’re not proud and you don’t fight at all,
       A minorAm           C majorC        G+G
 I think you ought to, if you want country past your wall,

Verse 4:
      G+G           C majorC
 you can kiss goodbye Catalpa, earth and mealworms too,
  A minorAm          C majorC        G+G
regulations point to us needing them no more,
     G+G                C majorC
you can beg God for forgiveness, you can weep on every pew,
    A minorAm              C majorC       G+G
 still there’d be some greed livin’ deep inside of you,

Chorus 4:
     C majorC           G+G
You can tell us all you do is try,
 A minorAm                 C majorC       G+G
emphasize your accent, put a little twinkle in your eye,
    C majorC                  G+G
you’re not proud and you don’t see what's great
       A minorAm          C majorC        G+G
 I think you ought to if you want country on your plate.