Johnnie Laska

Gone Country

Johnnie Laska


Tom: G

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           G                        C         D            (riff)
She's been playing that room on the strip for ten years in Vegas
      G                      C          D        (riff)
Every night she looks in the mirror but she only ages
           G                                   C            D           (riff)
She's been reading 'bout Nashville and all the records that everybody's buying
           G                  C    D          (riff)
Says I'm a simple girl myself grew up on Long Island
       Em                D
So she packs her bags to try her hand
     Em            D
Says this might be my last chance

           G        C            D
She's gone country, look at them boots
           G        C           D
She's gone country, back to her roots
           G          C           D
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
           Em/C
She's gone country, here she comes

2x riff
         G                      C            D          (riff)
Well the folk scene's dead, but he's holding out in the village
         G                        C          D           (riff)
He's been writing songs, speaking out against wealth and privilege
        G                               C         D          (riff)
He says I don't believe in money, but a man could make him a killin'
      G                        C          D              (riff)
Cause some of that stuff don't sound much different than Dylan
  Em                   D
I hear down there it's changed you see
  Em                             D
They're not as backwards as they used to be

          G        C            D
He's gone country, look at them boots
          G        C           D
He's gone country, back to his roots
          G          C           D
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
          Em/C
He's gone country, here he comes

**Play Chorus 1x

      G                  C          D            (riff)
He commutes to L.A., but he's got a house in the valley
        G                            C              D          (riff)
But the bills are piling up and the pop scene just ain't on a rally
        G                           C            D              (riff)
He says honey I'm a serious composer schooled in voice and composition
             G                        C         D                                  (riff)
But with the crime and the smog these days this ain't no place for children
        Em                   D
Lord it sounds so easy, this shouldn't take long
   Em                   D
Be back in the money in no time at all

          G        C            D
He's gone country, look at them boots
          G        C           D
He's gone country, back to his roots
          G          C           D
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
          Em/C
He's gone country, here he comes

2x riff
               G          C           D
Yeah he's gone country, a new kind of walk
          G          C           D
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
          G        C            D
He's gone country, look at them boots
          G           C           D
He's gone country, oh back to his roots

          G          C     D
He's gone country
          G          C
He's gone country
     D           G         C
Everybody's gone country
D               G          C
Yeah we've gone country
          D            G        C D   G C D
The whole world's gone country