Country Music Lives Today chords by Bill Anderson

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Verse 1
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 (D major) I woke up this morning,
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rolled over and turned the radio  (G major) on
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Moved the di (A major) al from left to right, pretty soon
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I realized something was  (D major) so wrong
No fiddles were playing,
some DJ was crying
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And I couldn't believe what he  (G major) said
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Then I  (A major) picked up the paper,
I felt just like dying
When I saw what the headlines read
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Country music died  (D major) today
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Lord, finally crossed on  (A major) over
It's forever gone away
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 (E major) Country music died  (A major) today  (D major) 
I thought how all the lovers
And the losers couldn't dance anymore
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 (G major) Saw juke (A major) boxes standing silent,
honky -tonks
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and barrooms closing  (D major) up their doors
And millions were mourning
the loss of an old friend,
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so much a part of their  (G major) lives
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From  (A major) Nashville to New York,
from L .A. to London,
we'll all share the same bad
news tonight
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Country music died  (D major) today,
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Lord it finally crossed on  (A major) over,
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it's forever gone away  (E major) 
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Country music died  (A major) today  (B major)  (E major) 
And then my sweet woman woke me
And she said, Honey,
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 (A major) you've had a bad dream
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And  (B major) a big old smile crossed my face
As the radio played
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And I heard old  (E major) George sing
For the rest of the night
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I stayed  (B major) tuned in to  (E major) a country station
And Lord,
I loved every song that they played
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 (A major) For the first  (B major) time in my life,
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I think I  (Cdim) realized
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 (B major) Just how lonesome
and how empty we'd all be
If someone were to ever really say
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Country music died today  (E major) 
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Lord, it finally crossed on  (B major) over
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It's forever gone away  (F sharp major) 
B 
Country music died  (B major) today
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Country music died  (E major) today
B 
Lord, finally crossed on  (B major) over
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It's forever gone away  (F sharp major) 