(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks chords by The Charlie Daniels Band (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Chorus 1
What this world needs is
F7 
a few more rednecks  (F7) 
C7 
Some people ain't afraid to take a stand  (C7) 
G7 
What this world needs is a little more  (G7) respect
C7 
For the Lord and the law and the workin' man  (C7) 
F7 
We could use a little peace and satisfaction  (F7) 
C7 
Some good people up front to take the lead  (C7) 
G7 
A little less talk and a little more action  (G7) 
C7 
And a few more rednecks is what we need  (C7) 
F7 
Eb 
C7 
 (F7)  (E flat major)  (C7) 

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Verse 1

I was raised on beans beans and cornbread

And I like my chicken fried

Yes, I drive a pickup truck

And I'm full of American pride

I keep a Bible on my table

I got a flag out on my lawn

And I don't believe in mindin'

No one's business but my own

Verse 2
C7 
And I love  (C7) them Rambo movies
Dm7 
I think they  (D minor7) make  a lot of sense
F7 
And it's a  (F7) shame ole John Wayne
G7 
Didn't live to  (G7) run for president
C7 
And I don't care  (C7) what nobody says
Dm7 
I don't  (D minor7) trust ole Gorbachev
F7 
And  (F7) I   don't know who turned him on
G7 
C7 
But it's  (G7) time to turn him off  (C7) 

Chorus 2
What this world needs is
F7 
a few more rednecks  (F7) 
C7 
Some people ain't afraid to take a stand  (C7) 
G7 
What this world needs is a little more  (G7) respect
C7 
For the Lord and the law and the workin' man  (C7) 
F7 
We could use a little peace and satisfaction  (F7) 
C7 
Some good people up front to take the lead  (C7) 
G7 
A little less talk and a little more action  (G7) 
C7 
And a few more rednecks is what we need  (C7) 
F7 
G7 
G7 
 (F7)  (G7)  (G7) 

Verse 3
C7 
Now they're tryin'  (C7) to take my guns away
Dm7 
And  (D minor7) that  would be just fine
F7 
If you  (F7) take 'em away from the criminals first
G7 
I'll  (G7) gladly give ya mine
C7 
And I don't  (C7) mind payin' taxes
Dm7 
But it  (D minor7) makes my temper itch
F7 
When my  (F7) hard earned money goes
G7 
C7 
To make some  (G7) politician rich  (C7) 

Verse 4
C7 
What most  (C7) people call a redneck
Dm7 
Ain't  (D minor7) nothin' but a workin' man
F7 
And he makes  (F7) his livin'
By the sweat of his brow
G7 
And the  (G7) calluses on his hands
C7 
Now you intellectuals  (C7) may not like it
Dm7 
But there ain't  (D minor7) nothin' that you can do
F7 
'Cause there's a  (F7) whole lot more
of us common-folks
G7 
C7 
Then there  (G7) ever will be of  (C7) you

Chorus 3
What this world needs is
F7 
a few more rednecks  (F7) 
C7 
Some people ain't afraid to take a stand  (C7) 
G7 
What this world needs is a little more  (G7) respect
C7 
For the Lord and the law and the workin' man  (C7) 
F7 
We could use a little peace and satisfaction  (F7) 
C7 
Some good people up front to take the lead  (C7) 
G7 
A little less talk and a little more action  (G7) 
C7 
And a few more rednecks is what we need  (C7) 
F7 
That's what we need  (F7) 
G7 
C7 
 (G7) And a few more rednecks is what we need  (C7) 
C7 
 (C7) 

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: C majorBPM: 101

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C7: x-3-2-3-1-x
F7: 1-3-1-2-1-1
G7: 3-2-0-0-0-1
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
Dm7: x-x-0-2-1-1

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This is the definitive original version of (What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks by The Charlie Daniels Band, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It suits players who want to learn (What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks the way The Charlie Daniels Band intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.