If That Ain't Country chords by
David Allan Coe

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
G G 
 
Well, the old man was covered
with tattoos and scars
C C 
 
He got some in prison and others in bars
D D 
 
And the rest he got workin'
G G 
 
on old junk cars in the daytime
they looked like like tombstones in our yard
C C 
 
And I never seen him
D D 
 
when he wasn't tired and mean
G G 
 

Verse 2
G G 
 
Well, he sold used parts to make ends meet
C C 
 
Covered with grease
from his head to his feet
D D 
 
Cussing the sweat
G G 
 
and the Texas heat and mosquitoes
And the neighbors said we lived like hicks
C C 
 
But they brum their cars
D D 
 
G G 
 
for my pa to fix anyhow

Verse 3
G G 
 
While he was veteran proud, tried and true
C C 
 
He fought 'til his heart was black and blue
D D 
 
And I don't know how
G G 
 
how he made it through the hard times
He bought our house on the GI Bill
C C 
 
But it wasn't worth
D D 
 
G G 
 
all he had to kill to get it

Verse 4
G G 
 
He drank Pearl in a can, Jack Daniel's black
C C 
 
Chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack
D D 
 
And he had an old dog
G G 
 
that was trained to attack sometimes
While he'd get drunk
and mean as a rattlesnake
C C 
 
Never wasn't too much
D D 
 
G G 
 
that he would take from a stranger

Pre-chorus 1
C C 
 
D D 
 
I was 13 kids and a bunch of dogs
G G 
 
C C 
 
A house full of chickens and a yard full of hogs
D D 
 
I spent the summertime
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
cuttin' up logs for the winter
C C 
 
D D 
 
Tryin' like the devil to find the Lord
G G 
 
C C 
 
Working like a slave for my room and board
Am Am 
 
Cold burning stoves, no natural gas
G G 
 
And if that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass

Chorus 1
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
If that ain't country, it'll hair lift the pope
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
C C 
 
D D 
 
I've been on the grand old Opry
G G 
 
C C 
 
And I  know Johnny Cash
D D 
 
And if he ain't country,
G G 
 
I'll kiss your ass

Verse 5
G G 
 
Well, my mama sold eggs at a grocery store
C C 
 
And my oldest sister was a first-rate whore
D D 
 
My daddy said she couldn't come
G G 
 
home anymore, and he meant it
Now, mama, she was old, far beyond her time
C C 
 
And her hair was gray,
and I've seen her crying
D D 
 
She was talking about Junior,
G G 
 
said he was dying in prison

Verse 6
G G 
 
Why, she told all the neighbors
he was off to the war
C C 
 
He was fighting for courage,
D D 
 
G G 
 
he was good to the core, and she was proud
Now, our house
was a graveyard for automobile
C C 
 
And around the porch
was a bunch of old wheels
D D 
 
And some used Harley-Davidson parts
G G 
 
that we sold for cash

Pre-chorus 2

C

D

There was 50 holes and an old tin roof

G

C

Me and my family was living proof

Am

And everybody called me old poor white trash

G

And if that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass

Chorus 2
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
If that ain't country, it'll hair lift the pope
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke
C C 
 
D D 
 
I've been on the Grand Ole Opry
G G 
 
C C 
 
And I  know Johnny Cash, mmm
D D 
 
And if he ain't country,
G G 
 
I'll kiss your ass

Outro 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
And I'm dreaming tonight of my blue eyes
D D 
 
G G 
 
Concernin' the great speckled birds
C C 
 
I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels
D D 
 
G G 
 
And went back to the to the wild side of life
That a little late
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[Repeat and fade]

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