Chords for Aaron Lewis - "Country Boy" Military Tribute Version

_ _ Now I grew up down an old dirt road in [B] a town you [A#m] wouldn't know _
_ My pops picked the place up for fifteen hundred bucks back in
1964
[C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ Grandfather was a drinker back in [B] the day put him [F#] down
_ But a war is known to change a man and the whiskey is known [C#m] to change a man
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ That's not me _ [G#] I _ _ _ [F#] rarely drink from the bottle but I'll smoke a little [B] weed
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_ I still [B] live in the [F#] sticks where you wouldn't go in [G#] a town of
1,200 off an old dirt road [B] and a country boy [F#] is all I'll ever [F#] be
_ _ [C#] _ _
_ [G#] Now
[C#] It's been 12 years since I sold my soul to [B] the devil in
He _ _ [F#] said sign your name here on the dotted line and your son
_ [C#] _ _
_ [G#] _ [C#] Set up shop on Sunset he put [F#] me up at the marquee
_ He [B] said you wanna [F#] sell a million records boy
[B] You better [C#m] listen to me
_ He [G#] said change your [A#m] style
Whiten your smile [F#] you could lose a [C#] couple of pounds
_ You [B] won't live this life.
You better lose that.
Why do you need your [C#] friend around?
said
_ _ _ [F#] _
No, that's not [B] me
_ [C#] _ _
_ _ [B] Cuz the biggest things in [F#] life are your friends and family
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_ And [B] I like my [F#] jeans and my old t-shirts and a couple extra [C#] pounds never really hurt
[B] Cuz the country [F#] boy is all I'll ever be
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_ _ [E] Cuz Hank taught me [F#] just how to stay [C#] alive _ _ _ _
[C#] _ You [E] never catch me out the [F#] house about my 9 or [C#m] 45
_ I _
_ [C#] _ [E] got a big orange tractor [F#] and a diesel truck
_ [C#] my idea of [C#m] seven states and white tail
_ [E] _ _ _ No, I can't [D#] survive I _ _
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[G#] _ _ Now two flags fly above my land and [B] really sum up how [A#m] I feel
_ _ [F#] One is the [A#m] colors that fly [F#] high and proud the red the white [C#] the blue
_ _ The other [G#] ones got a _ rattlesnake [B] with a simple [F#] statement me
_ _ Don't tread on [F#] me is what it says and I'll take that to [C#m] my _
_ because
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ This [B] is me
[C#] I'm _ _ _ [B] proud to be American [F#] and strong in my [C#] belief _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Before [F#] but I'll say it again [B] cuz I've never needed [C#m] government to hold my hand
[F#] _ Before but I'll say it again [B] cuz my family's always [G#] falling down to save this [G#] land [B] and a country [F#] boy
It's all I'll ever be
_ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [B] I
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
Love my country.
I love my guns.
I love my family
I [C#] love the way it is now and anybody that tries to change it has to come through [C#] me
That should be all of our [D#] attitude is this is America and a country boy is good enough for me
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