Kindly Keep It Country chords by Hank Thompson
Verse 1
Bb
Bdim
C
D
G
C
F
C
F
Kindly
keep the country,
Bb
don't wanna hear no symphony
F
Just wear a mic
D
and let it play them
G
C
good old songs for me
F
Don't be hittin' them fancy lips,
Bb
just stick to the melody
Bdim
F
C
D
Kindly keep the country,
G
C
F
that's good enough for me
Out in Oklahoma,
Bb
we Saturday rode around
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D
Everybody went to the Legion Hall,
G
about ten miles out of town
C
F
We played them country music,
Bb
they'd be dancin' by the hour
F
D
We'd turn that fiddle loose on one,
G
C
and we'd pick the wildwood flower
F
We'd get a little more progressive,
Bb
put our hands to the round o 'clock
F
D
Steedleman doubled on the saxophone,
G
C
and the drummer sang a little rock
F
He had a man who
played some way -out things,
Bb
I guess we got carried away
F
D
Before too long, that empire thawed again,
G
C
and you could hear him say
F
C
F
Kind to keep it country,
Bb
F
don't want to hear no symphony
Just wear a mic
D
and let them play them
G
C
good ol' songs for me
F
And don't be getting them fancy nicks,
Bb
Bdim
just stick with the melody
G
C
D
Kind to keep it country,
G
C
F
that's good enough for me
Old Loki Joe was a country fan,
Bb
he was there every Saturday night
F
D
He'd saddle up to the bandstand,
G
he'd tell them how to play it right
C
F
He'd say, kind to keep it country,
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don't want to hear no rock and roll
F
D
None of that fancy uptown jazz
G
C
and none of that stuff called soul
F
Don't want to hear no clarinet,
Bb
none of that sly trombone
F
D
There ain't no room for no bassoon,
G
no bugle or xylophone
C
F
Just staple the strings and let them ring,
Bb
get in close to the mic
F
D
Loud and strong, play it long,
G
C
F
that's the kind of band we like
C
F
Time to keep it country,
Bb
F
don't want to hear no symphony
D
Just ram back and let them play them
G
C
good old songs for me
F
Don't want be hitting them fancy notes,
Bb
G
just stick to the melody
C
D
Time to keep it country,
G
C
F
G
that's good enough for me
Some folks dropped by from
way back east
C
on their way out to Disneyland
G
But the fella they asked
when they stopped for gas
A
recommended our country band
G
We played them a waltz,
a do -si -do,
C
and we got them up on their toes
G
E
Did they applaud when we all hollered,
A
D
G
the San Antonio Rose
And when those folks finally
get back home
C
to the Auburn Carnegie Hall
G
E
After that Saturday night with us,
A
there won't be no fun at all
G
I wouldn't be a bit surprised
C
about halfway through the play
G
That they walk up to that or
E
chestra pit
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D
G
and everybody hear them say
D
G
Kindly keep a country,
C
G
don't wanna hear no symphony
Just wear a mic
E
and let them play them
A
good old songs of me
G
Don't be hittin' them fancy nicks,
C
just stick to the mellow view
C#dim
G
E
Kindly keep a country,
A
D
G
that's good enough for me
E
Kindly keep a country,
A
D
that's good enough for me
G
C
G
Kindly Keep It Country
Hank Thompson
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