Tom: G
G
What a sad state of affairs I'm in
Em7
'Cause I'm tryin' to compete where I just don't fit in
Cadd9
'Cause the country if you'd call it that from off the row
D
Ain't country, trust-me 'cause I'm oooold-enough to know that
Cadd9 G
That ain't country
Cadd9 G
That's a natural fact
Cadd9 G
It's full of tales of good times and happy endings
D
My life ain't like that
Cadd9 G
So I'll keep listenin' to the old songs
Cadd9 G
That my granddad used to play
Cadd9 G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
Cadd9
The ones that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
G Em7 Cadd9 D
G
So tell me, whatever happened to the country songs
Em7
Full of truth and consequences or the things gone wrong?
Cadd9
Someone came and changed it up, and made it all a lie
D
I'd like to spit a little beechnut right in that dude's eye, cause
Cadd9 G
That ain't country
Cadd9 G
That's a natural fact
Cadd9 G
It's full of tales of good times and happy endings
D
My life ain't like that
Cadd9 G
So I'll keep listenin' to the old songs
Cadd9 G
That my granddad used to play
Cadd9 G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
Cadd9
The ones that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
G Em7 Cadd9 D
Now Listen here...
G (Strum once, let ring)
We got Waylon singin' songs 'bout a ramblin' man
Em7 (Strum once, let ring)
And Junior's got a cold one in his hand
Cadd9 (Strum once, let ring)
And the Possum's gettin' drunk again, imagine that
D
And Charlie Daniels playin' fiddle underneath that hat
G
And John and June are goin' back and forth again
Em7
And David Allen Coe is singin' 'bout his kin
Cadd9
And Haggard sings the songs that'll save your soul
D
And Willie sings the songs about the hearts he's stole, 'cause
Cadd9 G
That shit's country
Cadd9 G
That's a natural fact
Cadd9 G
It's full of tales of hard times and complications
D
Ain't life like that?
Cadd9 G
So I'll be listenin' to the old songs
Cadd9 G
That my granddad used to play
Cadd9 G
Full of pain and heartache and desperation
D
And the ones that got away
Cadd9
The ones that speak to me
D Em7
The way I feel today
Cadd9
The ones that speak to me
D
The way I feel today
