City Boy, Country Born chords by Bobby Bare
Verse 1
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I look out on
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the grey of New York City
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To see some children playing
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in the snow
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Central Park in winter should look pretty
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But New York ain't a place
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for kids to grow
Verse 2
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And my memory takes me back again
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to winters that I've seen
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Fields and wooded hills where snow
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could fall and keep it's clean
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Where I'd wake unto the wonder of
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the West Virginia morn'
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City boy, country born
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Verse 3
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And I watch the garbage scows
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plow up the river
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Filled with things New Yorkers throw away
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I watch the skinny dipping
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children and I shiver
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Lord, that Hudson River
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ain't no place to play
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Verse 4
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And my memory takes me back again
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to rivers that I've seen
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Lazy country rivers that just
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flow and feed the green
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You can fish 'em, you can drink 'em,
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you can swim 'em when you're warm
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City boy, country born
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Verse 5
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And I see the heart at New
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York City mothers
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As they hurry home across
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the Brooklyn Bridge
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To feed their children dixie cups
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of instant coffee
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And frozen TV dinners front the fridge
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Verse 6
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And my memory takes me back again
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to dinners that I've seen
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Home cured crispy bacon,
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buttered corn and country beans
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And a cup of mama's coffee,
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cooking stoves that kept me warm
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City boy, country born
Verse 7
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Oh, big city boy, country born
Yeah, big city boy
City Boy, Country Born
Bobby Bare
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