Tim Wilson

Back When Country Was Ugly

Tim Wilson


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[Verse]
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I liked country better back when it was ugly
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Girls never threw panties at David Allen Coe
      C                       G
Women never said Willie had a cute butt
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Waylon didn't have to hide a beer gut
    C
And record execs told Johnny Paycheck
   A              D7
To shove his vide o

[Verse]
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I liked country better back when it was dog- -ugly
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Nobody ever called Hank Jr. a pretty thang
          C                    G
Back when Neal McCoy was still wettin' the bed
    C                   G
And Conway Twitty had a helmet head
        C
And the best lookin' man in Nashville
      A                 D7
Was a fellow named K.D. Lang

[Verse]
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I liked country better back when it was ugly
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Back when Lyle Lovett was con sidered a handsome man
          C                       G
Back when all the great stars all dressed like hell
C                        G
Rhinestones runnin' on a Duracel
C                            A                D7
Back when Tanya Tucker was a big Glen Campell fan

[Verse]
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I liked country better back when it was highly unattractive
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Talkin' back in the George Jones, flat-top days
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When no body could compete with Dolly Parton's wig
C                     G
And her boobs weren't this damned big
        C
And the boys in the band all looked like
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They've been hit with the ugly bus
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I liked country better back when it looked like us
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I liked country better (No Chord) back when it looked like me