Country Boy chords by
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Gm
Gm

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Gm
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Gm
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C
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Verse 1
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I
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Gm

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ain't nothin' but a country boy
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Driftin' from town to town
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I ain't nothin' but a coun
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try boy
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Driftin' from town to town
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C
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Got no place, ooh yeah
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To call my home
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Sometime in travellin'
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C
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I travel
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when nights are blue
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Sometime my night
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My night so dark and blue
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But I keep on travellin'
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C
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No place to
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lay my worried head
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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Gm
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I'm just a country boy
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Driftin' from town to town
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Driftin' from town to town
I ain't got no place
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To lay my worried head, baby
Interlude 3
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Gm
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Verse 4
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Sometime I lay down on the highway
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I cry to take my rest
I hear a freight train howlin'
I drown my head and run
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Gm

I'm just a country
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Gm
Gm

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boy
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Gm
Gm

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Driftin' from town to town,
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have mercy
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
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Now one night I was travellin'
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I saw a light in the winter
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I was so cold at night
And my clothes were soakin' wet
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I walked on to the door
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I knocked on the door
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Verse 6
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A little girl come to the door
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She said, "Mister, what do you want"
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I said, "It's cold outside, baby"
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She looked at me and said
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Gm

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"Come on in, I
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wanna talk to you"
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Verse 7
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I got a brother who left
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home
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He was twelve years old
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Just like the prodigal son
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I know you'd find him
Outro 1
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C

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Gm C D Eb

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