Country Kid chords by The Avett Brothers
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Verse 1
(D major) I was a country (G major) kid through and through
I got my (C major) bare feet bit by
a wreckin' crew
Of fire (D major) ants on a mission
For total domination of the
font (G major) yard (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 2
Three (G major) years old on a ramshackle farm
(C major) Winnie the Pooh in the crook of my arm
(D major) Brother and sister not meaning no harm,
pickin' (G major) on me (D major)
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Verse 3
I was a country (G major) kid with
a strong foundation
(C major) Gettin' myself a whole second
education in the (D major) back of the bus
Kids kissin' and cussin'
all around (G major) me (D major)
Verse 4
One (G major) more pickup in the trailer park
(C major) Hand to mouth,
livin'll break a young heart
(D major) Beautiful girl with a hard,
hard look in her eye (G major) s
Verse 5
Then I (C major) grew up and hit the city
But the sky (G major) scrapers never get me
I fly above (A major) 'em all the time,
straight through cloud nine
Flowing fast (D major) like the Mississippi
I (G major) was a
Verse 6
country kid shootin'
hoops in the dirt
Hidin' smokes (C major) in the pocket
of a homemade shirt
Runnin' (D major) laps in the yard until my little
legs hurt and then goin' (G major) again (D major)
Verse 7
Six (G major) feet of air off a plywood ramp
Dad's (C major) welding machine
parked where I would land
All I could (D major) taste was blood,
all I could feel were the rocks
In the palms (G major) of my hands (D major)
Verse 8
I was a country (G major) kid throwin'
parties in the woods
(C major) Draggin' my friends out of
their neighborhoods
Jealous (D major) of their cable TV and
their girls next door
(G major)
Verse 9
(D major)
Slip (G major) pin' off into the dark
of the night
The shape (C major) of a body traced by moonlight
Inter (D major) rupted by some other kid
wantin' to fight over her (G major)
Verse 10
Then I (C major) grew up and hit the city
But the sky (G major) scrapers never get me
I fly above (A major) 'em all the time,
straight through cloud nine
Flowing fast (D major) like the Mississippi
Flowing fast like the Mississippi,
(G major) (D major) woo (G major)
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(C major) (C sharpdim) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (C sharpdim) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
(A major) (D major)
I (A major) was a country
Verse 11
kid
Now I'm grown,
with a job (D major) and a wife and a son of my own
Navigat (E major) in' time zones,
inspectin' the bones of the second (A major) half (E major)
Verse 12
Talkin' (A major) to God a little more often
(D major) Less requests and more sayin' thank you
For (E major) every single town and every
single acre in between
(A major)
Verse 13
'Cause I (D major) grew up and hit the city
But that (A major) metropolis'll never get me
I fly (B major) above it all the time,
straight through cloud nine
Flowing fast (E major) like the Mississippi
Verse 14
Yeah, I (D major) grew up and hit the city
But the sky (A major) scrapers never get me
I fly above (B major) 'em all the time,
straight through cloud nine
Flowing fast (E major) like the Mississippi
Country Kid
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