I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool chords by Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire

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Verse 1
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I remember wearing straight -leg
Levi's flannel shirts
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even when they weren't in style
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I remember singing with Roy Rogers
at the movies
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when the West was really wild
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And I was listening to the opera
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when all of my friends were digging
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rock and roll and rhythm and blues
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I was country when
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country wasn't cool
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I remember circling the drive -in,
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pulling up and turning down George Jones
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I remember when no one was lookin'
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I was puttin' peanuts in my Coke
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You know I took a lot of kiddin'
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Cause I never did fit in
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Now look at everybody tryin'
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to be what I was then
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I was country when country
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wasn't cool
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Oh, I was country
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when country was
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n't cool
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Yeah, I was country
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from my hat down
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to my boots
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But now I  still act
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and look the same
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What you see ain't nothing new
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Cause I was country
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When country wasn't cool
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They call us country bumpkins
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for sticking to our roots
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I'm just glad we're in a country
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where we're all free to choose
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I was country when country
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wasn't cool
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Hey, I was country
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when country wasn't cool
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Yeah, I was country
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from my hat down
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to my boobs
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Oh, I  still act and look the same
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But what you see ain't nothing new
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And  I was country
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when country wasn't cool
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Oh, I was country, oh,
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and country wasn't cool,
wasn't cool
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