Chords for Alan Jackson Surprises the Audience feat Dierks Bentley, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood & Lainey Wilson

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_ [F] Remember when [Dm] _ [Bb] I was young [C] and so were you.
[F] Time [C] stood [Dm] still _ [Bb] and love was [C] all we knew.
You [F] were the first, [Dm] so was I.
[Bb] You made love and [C] then you cried.
[F] Remember when_
[Gm] _
[F] _ [Bb] It's my honor [Gm] to be here tonight as we honor [Eb] Alan Jackson with the [F] CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime [Bb] Achievement Award.
The very [Gm] first concert I ever [Eb] went to was an Alan [F] Jackson concert.
[Bb] Seeing him perform helped inspire me to [Gm] pursue my dreams.
[Eb] It's been said that country music is [F] three chords and the truth.
[Bb] And in every one of Alan Jackson's songs, [Gm] there is truth.
For his [Eb] powerful voice speaks to us about [F] hope and heartache, [Bb] about fun [F] and friendship, [Gm] about tragedy and triumph, about [Eb] life and a little about [F] love.
Alan, you [Bb] have friends in every corner of this great country and a special few of them [G] are here tonight to honor you. _
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_ [G] _ [C] _ _ Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee, it gets [G] hotter than a [C] hoochie coochie.
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt and got a little [G] crazy, but we [C] never got caught.
[F] Down by the river on a Friday [C] night, [G] beer in a [C] can and a pale [F] moonlight.
Talking about cars and dreaming about [D] women.
Never [G] had a plan just to live it for the minute.
[C] Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee, never knew how much that muddy water meant to me.
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was.
A lot about living and a little about love.
_ _ _ [G] Well, [C] _ _ _
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we fogged up the windows of my old Chevy.
I was willing, [C] but she wasn't ready.
So I set the floor aflutter in a grape snow cone.
I dropped her off early, but I didn't go [F] home.
Down by the river on a Friday [C] night, beer in a [G] can and a [C] pale moonlight.
[F] Talking about cars and dreaming [D] about women.
Never had a [G] plan just to live it for the minute.
[C] Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee, never knew how [G] much that muddy [C] water meant to me.
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was.
A lot about [G] living and a [C] little about love.
A lot about living [G] and a little [C] about love.
That's right. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's painted [G] red, the stripe was [F] white.
Eighteen feet and bowed a stern [C] light.
Second [G] name from a dealer in Atlanta.
[F] I rode up with daddy and [C] we went there to get her.
Put on a [G] shine, put on a [F] motor.
Built out of love made for water.
[C] Ran it for [G] years until that transom [F] got rotten.
A piece of my childhood will never [C] be forgotten.
It was [G] just an old plywood floor.
[F] With a 75 Johnson and electric [C] choke.
A young boy, [G] two hands on a [F] wheel.
I can't replace the way it made me feel.
[C] And I would turn it [G] sharp and I'd make it [F] whine.
He'd say, you can't beat the way an old boat [Am] rides.
Just a little [D] lake across the Alabama line.
But I [F] was king of the [G] ocean when [C] daddy let me drive.
[G] Daddy let [F] me drive.
[G]
Oh, [C] let me [G] drive.
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[G] Oh, [C] let me drive. _ _ _
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_ Daddy wore a ladyhook [G] and turned it to a country show.
[A] I was rocking in the cradle [G] to the cry [A] of a steel guitar. _
_ [D] Mama used to sing to me.
[G] She taught me that sweet harmony.
[A] Now she worries because [G] she never thought I'd ever [D] really take it this far.
[A]
Singing [D] in a bar, chasing that neon rainbow.
[G] Living [D] that honky-tonk dream.
[A] And all [Bm] I've ever wanted [E] is a pickiest [A] guitar and swing.
[G] Just trying to [D] be somebody.
[G] Just want to be [E] heard and seen.
[G] [A] Chasing that [D] neon [G] rainbow.
[E] [A] Living that [D] honky-tonk dream.
[G] [A] Chasing that [D] neon [G] rainbow.
_ [E] [A] Living that [D] honky-tonk dream.
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Don't [G] rock, you _ [C] [G] want to hear some [C] tone.
[G]
My heart ain't ready for the [D] roll of stone.
I [G] feel like rocking, [C] says my [A] baby [B] mama.
[C]
Don't [G] rock, you boss, [D] think of your [G] country song.
Before you [C] drop that quarter, keep one [G] thing in mind.
You got a [A] heartbroken little belly, standing [D] here in line.
I've been [Gm] down and [C] lonely ever [G] since she left.
[C]
Before you [G] punch that number, [D] but I made [G] one request.
Don't rock, you want [C] to [G] hear some [C] tone.
[G]
My heart ain't ready for the [D] roll of stone.
I feel [G] like rocking, [C] says my [G] baby mama.
[C]
Don't [G] rock, you boss, [D] think of your [G] country song.
I'll play a little country music.
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[Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] I [C] _
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[C] ain't got nothing against [G] rock and roll.
And your [A] heart's been broken, and your little [D] song is slow.
There ain't [C] nothing like a steel [C] guitar, a gentle [G] memory.
[C]
Before you [G] spend your money, [D] baby, play a [G] song for me.
Don't rock, you boss, [C] I want to [G] hear George Jones.
My heart ain't ready for the [D] roll of stone.
I [G] feel like rocking, [C] since [G] my baby's [Bb] gone.
[C]
So [G] don't rock, you boss, [D] play me [G] a country [Bb] song.
[C] _
[G] Don't rock, you boss, [D] play me [G] a country [Bbm] song.
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