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Goin' the country chords by C.W. Stoneking

  • D

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • A

  • E

  • Em

  • Abdim

    6
  • F#m

    2
Verse 1
D
Man, we look like this town ain't nothing
but bad luck and trouble
Man, ain't that the truth
G
D
So what we gonna do now?
Bm
G
Well, I don't know, but your gal done left ya,
Bm
D
and I ain't got no more dough
So why not we go down to country?
Down to country?
A
Sure, don't you know about that?
Bm
D
No, I never did know nothing
Bm
about down in the country
D
Bm
D
Bm
D
I was raised this town all my life
Bm
D
Bad luck old town
Man, I know all about it, man
Bm
D
Bm
D
Tell you what to do, look here,
Bm
G
I'm going to cut you
I'm going to get there
D
I don't know if I'm going to cut you
Bm
What you going to do when you get there?
A
I don't know if I'm going
Bm
A
to cut you
Bm
E
Bm
D
If I just sold your bones
G
Bm
Stand up boy
A
D
Bm
This bad luck city, it really got me down
D
I got to leave here,
Bm
D
I'm going to leave this town
Bm
G
Bm
I'm going to ride there
G
Em
G
I'll ride that old pot car
Bm
D
Bm
I'm going to sleep there
D
Bm
D
Bm
Right underneath the stars
A
G
Goin' down the country road
A
Em
D
G
D
A
just to show you, boy
D
Bm
I go in the country road, rain or sun or shine
D
I go in the country road,
Bm
chain or chain or car
Abdim
G
How long you ride that?
Em
I ride that five more nights
D
Bm
Man, you can't afford that train
D
Bm
I hope I won't be high
A
Goin' down the country road
just to show you, boy
D
G
A
Whoa, there they are, boys, hey
D
Bm
D
Hey, beat them on out,
Bm
G
Em
G
Bm
y'all
D
Bm
D
Bm
A
Bm
A
D
G
A
Whoa, look out, boy, gonna beat them on out,
D
Bm
get y'all
D
Yeah
Bm
G
Em
Bm
All right
D
E
A
D
Bm
A
D
Bm
D
F#m
D
F#m
Some folks might say they feelin' like we're runnin' out of our troubles,
D
Bm
aw man, it ain't
G
Bm
Like that
G
Abdim
Bm
We just take a break for a while, that's all,
but how we know things ain't gonna be that
F#m
A
Way till the we get there
Man, things ain't like that
E
D
down in this country, man
No?
G
D
A
D
Nah man, I tell you what, down in the country,
Bm
D
you can drink your wine
Bm
D
Bm
Down in the country,
D
Bm
D
you have a real good time
Bm
G
And what about the people there?
They don't want dogs you ride
D
And how about money?
Bm
It grows up by the ground
A
Goin' down the country,
D
why does it show you wrong?
G
D
A
Oh, you got me now
D
We goin' to the country,
Bm
playin' the sunny side
D
We goin' to the country,
Bm
stayin' the great long time
G
How long we ride there?
Em
We ride that old boxcar
D
Bm
Man, we're gonna sleep here,
D
Bm
D
right underneath the tarp
Bm
A
Or I'll die in a carjampot if you're this short,
D
G
you bone
Abdim
D
L- l- l- look out, man,
here come that train right now
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