Country chords by Senora May

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Chorus 1:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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