Chords for Barbara Mandrell -- I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ I [G] remember wearing straight leg Levi's, flannel shirts even when they [C] weren't in style.
_ _ I [G] remember singing with Roy Rogers at the movies when the [C] West was really wild.
_ _ [F] I was listening to the Opry [B] when all of my [G] friends were digging rock and [Bm] roll and rhythm [Am] and blues.
[F] _ I was country _ [G] when country [C] wasn't cool.
_ _ _ _ I [G] remember circling the drive-in, pulling up and turning [C] down George Jones.
_ I [G] remember when no one was looking, I was putting peanuts [C] in my Coke.
I _ _ _ [F] _
was a kid because I [Gm] never did fit in, [C] trying to look at [E] everybody, [Am] trying to be what [F] I was then.
[Dm] I was country _ [G] when country [C] wasn't cool.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] I was country [Em] _ [G] when country [C] wasn't cool.
[Am] _ _ _ _ I [Em] was country _ [G] from my hair down to my [C] boots.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] I still act [Gm] and look the same, [C] what you see [E] ain't nothing new.
_ [F] _ [Dm] I was country _ [G] when [Em] country [C] wasn't cool.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] They call us country bunkers [Gm] for sticking to our rules.
[C] I'm just glad we're in [E] a country [Am] where we're all [F] free to choose.
[Dm] I was country [C] _ [G] when country wasn't [C] cool. _
_ _ _ _ Hey, [G] I was [Em] country [Gm] when [Em] country [C] wasn't cool.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ Yeah, and [G] I was country from my hat down to [C] my boots.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] I still act [G] and look the same, [C] what you see [Bm] ain't nothing [Am] new.
[F] _ [Dm] I was country _ [G] when [Em] country [C] wasn't cool.
_ _ Yeah, _ [F] I was country _ [G] when country [C] wasn't cool.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _