Country Bumpkin chords by Cal Smith (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
He walked into the bar
and parked his lanky frame
C 
G 
upon a tall barstool
D7 
And with a long soft Southern drawl said
G 
I'll just have a glass of anything that's cool
G 
A bar room girl with hard and knowing eyes
C 
G 
slowly looked him up and down
D7 
And she thought I wonder how on earth
G 
That country bumpkin found his way to town
G7 
She said hello, country bump

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Chorus 1

kin

How's the frost out on the pumpkin?

I've seen some sights but, man,

you're somethin'

Where'd ya come from, country bumpkin?

Verse 2
G 
It was just a short year later
C 
G 
in a bed of joy-filled tears yet death-like pain
D7 
Into  this wondrous world of many wonders
G 
one more wonder came
G 
That same woman's face was wrapped up
C 
G 
In a raptured look of love and tenderness
D7 
As she marveled at the soft and warm
G 
and cuddly boy-child feeding at her breast
G7 
And she said hello, country bump

Chorus 2
C 
D7 
kin
G 
Fresh as frost out on the pumpkin
G7 
I've seen some sights but, babe,
C 
D7 
you're somethin'
G 
Mama loves her country bumpkin

Verse 3
G 
Forty years of hard work later
C 
G 
in a simple, quiet and peaceful country place
D7 
The heavy hand of time had not erased
The raptured wonder
G 
from the woman's face
G 
She was lying on her deathbed
C 
G 
knowing fully well her race was nearly run
D7 
But she softly smiled and looked
G 
into the sad eyes of her husband and her son
G7 
And she said so  long, country bump

Chorus 3
C 
kin
D7 
G 
The frost is gone now from the pumpkin
G7 
I've seen some sights
C 
D7 
and life's been somethin'
G 
See you later, country bumpkin
[Repeat and fade]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: G majorBPM: 94

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D7: x-x-0-2-1-2
G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1

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This is the definitive original version of Country Bumpkin by Cal Smith, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn Country Bumpkin the way Cal Smith intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.