If That Ain't Country original guitar chords by
David Allan Coe

2005•Folk•497 views•

Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Well, the old man was covered

with tattoos and scars

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He got some in prison and others in bars

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And the rest he got workin'

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on old junk cars in the daytime

they looked like like tombstones in our yard

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And I never seen him

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when he wasn't tired and mean

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Verse 2

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Well, he sold used parts to make ends meet

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Covered with grease

from his head to his feet

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Cussing the sweat

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and the Texas heat and mosquitoes

And the neighbors said we lived like hicks

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But they brum their cars

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for my pa to fix anyhow

Verse 3

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While he was veteran proud, tried and true

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He fought 'til his heart was black and blue

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And I don't know how

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how he made it through the hard times

He bought our house on the GI Bill

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But it wasn't worth

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all he had to kill to get it

Verse 4

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He drank Pearl in a can, Jack Daniel's black

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Chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack

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And he had an old dog

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that was trained to attack sometimes

While he'd get drunk

and mean as a rattlesnake

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Never wasn't too much

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that he would take from a stranger

Pre-chorus 1

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I was 13 kids and a bunch of dogs

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A house full of chickens and a yard full of hogs

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I spent the summertime

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cuttin' up logs for the winter

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Tryin' like the devil to find the Lord

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Working like a slave for my room and board

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Cold burning stoves, no natural gas

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

Chorus 1

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If that ain't country, it'll hair lift the pope

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If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke

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I've been on the grand old Opry

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And I know Johnny Cash

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And if he ain't country,

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I'll kiss your ass

Verse 5

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Well, my mama sold eggs at a grocery store

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And my oldest sister was a first-rate whore

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My daddy said she couldn't come

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home anymore, and he meant it

Now, mama, she was old, far beyond her time

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And her hair was gray,

and I've seen her crying

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She was talking about Junior,

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said he was dying in prison

Verse 6

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Why, she told all the neighbors

he was off to the war

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He was fighting for courage,

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he was good to the core, and she was proud

Now, our house

was a graveyard for automobile

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And around the porch

was a bunch of old wheels

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And some used Harley-Davidson parts

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that we sold for cash

Pre-chorus 2

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There was 50 holes and an old tin roof

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Me and my family was living proof

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And everybody called me old poor white trash

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

Chorus 2

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If that ain't country, it'll hair lift the pope

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If that ain't country, it's a damn good joke

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I've been on the Grand Ole Opry

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And I know Johnny Cash, mmm

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And if he ain't country,

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I'll kiss your ass

Outro 1

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And I'm dreaming tonight of my blue eyes

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Concernin' the great speckled birds

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I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels

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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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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

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Capo: 3

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The original key of If That Ain't Country by David Allan Coe is Bb major.

The primary chords used in If That Ain't Country are Bb, Eb, F, Cm.

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