I'm a Country Boy chords by
Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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New York City is a

Verse 1

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thousand miles away

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And if you ask me,

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I'll tell you that's OK

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Now I'm not trying to

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put the big apple down

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'Cause they don't need a

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man like me in town

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I pick cotton down on the Dixie line

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Work hard all day

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tryin' to make a dime

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But that's alright, that's OK by me

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'Cause that's the way that

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it was meant to be

Verse 2

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Big city, hard times don't bother me

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I'm a country boy,

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I'm as happy as I can be

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I don't like smoke

Verse 3

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chokin' up my air

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And some of those city folk

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s well they don't care

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I don't like cars buzzing around

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I don't even want a piece

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of concrete in my town

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I like sunshine, fresh clean air

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Makes me feel like you wouldn't care but

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That's all right, each to his own

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But one smell from the city

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And this country boy is gone

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Big city, hard times don't bother me

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I'm a country boy,

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I'm as happy as I can be

Verse 4

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Well, I don't want to even read about

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it

Interlude 1

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Verse 5

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Let me tell you something,

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let me tell you true

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What's right for me might

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not be right for you

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Well, you live your way,

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I'll live mine

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And I hope that your happy

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all the time

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I pick cotton down on

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the Dixie line

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Work hard all day tryin'

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to make a dime

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But that's all right,

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that's OK by me

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'Cause that's the way

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that it was supposed to be

Verse 6

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Big city, hard times never bother me

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I'm a country boy,

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I'm as happy as I can be

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Let me tell ya...I

Verse 7

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said

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Big city, hard times never bother me

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I'm a country boy,

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I'm as happy as I can be

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Oo h, that's my way, baby

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I don't want you to even tell me about

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the big city

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I don't want to read about

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it...

Outro 1

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The original key of I'm a Country Boy by Lynyrd Skynyrd is A major.

The primary chords used in I'm a Country Boy are A, D, C, Am, G, F.

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