Chords
[Verse 1]
Well C#sus2I grew up down an old dirt road in a [Badd9]town you wouldn't know F#6/A#
My pops [Badd9]picked the place up for F#6/A#fifteen hundred bucks back in [Badd9]nineteen sixty C#sus2four
My grandfather was a drinker back in the [Badd9]day he put 'em down F#6/A#
But a [Badd9]war is known to F#6/A#change a man and the [Badd9]whiskey is known to C#sus2change a man, yeah
[Chorus]
[Badd9] F#6/A# That's not me [Badd9] C#sus2
I rarely [Badd9]drink from the bottle F#6/A#but I smoke a little weed [Badd9] C#sus2
I still [Badd9]live in the sticks F#6/A#where you wouldn't go
In a [Badd9]town of twelve hundred C#sus2off an old dirt road
And a [Badd9]country boyF#6/A# is all I'll ever be F#6/A# [Badd9] C#sus2
[Verse 2]
Now it's C#sus2been twelve years since I sold my soul to the [Badd9]devil in L.F#6/A# A.
He said [Badd9]"sign your name here F#6/A#on the dotted line and your [Badd9]songs they all will C#sus2play"
He C#sus2set up shop on sunset, he put me [Badd9]up at the marF#6/A#quee
He said "you [Badd9]wanna sell F#6/A#million records boy[Badd9] you better listen C#sus2to me"
He said [Badd9]"change your style,F#6/A# whiten your smile, [Badd9]you could lose a couple C#sus2of pounds
You want to [Badd9]live this life, you F#6/A#better lose that wife, do you [Badd9]need your friends C#sus2around?"
[Chorus]
I said,[Badd9] F#6/A# no that's not me [Badd9] C#sus2
'Cause the [Badd9]biggest things in life F#6/A#are your friends and family F#6/A# [Badd9] C#sus2
And I [Badd9]like my jeans F#6/A#and my old tshirts
And a [Badd9]couple extra pounds C#sus2never really hurt
'Cause a [Badd9]country boyF#6/A# is all I'll ever be F#6/A# [Badd9] C#sus2
[Bridge]
'Cause E5Hank taught me just F#5how to stay alive C#sus2
You'll never E5catch me out the house without my F#5nine or forty five C#sus2
I got a E5big orange tractor and a F#5diesel truck
C#sus2My idea of heaven is chasing whitetail bucks
And as a E5country boy you F#5know I can survive G#sus2
[Verse 3]
Now C#sus2two flags fly above my land that really [Badd9]sum up how IF#6/A# feel
[Badd9]One is the colors F#6/A#that fly high and proud
The [Badd9]red, the white, the C#sus2blue
The C#sus2other ones got a rattlesnake with a [Badd9]simple statementF#6/A# made
"Don't [Badd9]tread on me"F#6/A# is what it says and I'll [Badd9]take that to my C#sus2grave
[Outro]
Because,[Badd9] F#6/A# this is me [Badd9] C#sus2
I'm proud to [Badd9]be American F#6/A#and strong in my beliefs [Badd9] C#sus2
And I've [Badd9]said it before F#6/A#but I'll say it again
'Cause I've [Badd9]never needed governC#sus2ment to hold my hand
And I've [Badd9]said it before F#6/A#but I'll say it again
'Cause my F#6/A#family [Badd9]always fought and C#sus2died to save this land
And a [Badd9]country boyF#6/A# is all I'll ever be [Badd9] C#sus2 [Badd9] F#6/A# C#sus2
