Country Boy Chords by Abie Rotenberg

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] I was raised on a Kansas farm where corn and soybean grow.
How my family came to be, there's something no one seemed to [G] know.
I played [F]
quarterback [G] in high school, [Am] my [C] mom baked apple [F] pie. _ _ _ _
_ Each year we'd fly the [C] stars and [G] stripes on the fourth day of [C] July.
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My folks never said much, we'd do chores per day.
_ Then again from time to time, God bless the [G] USA,
I grew into a [Am] man with my own [F] complicated _ life.
_ _ And asked a [C] girl from down in Fairland, Carolina to be my wife.
_ I [F] was a country boy living the [C] all-American dream.
_ Hard at work, [G] drinking hard, not much in [C] between.
Never [F] gave much thought to matters of the spirit [Am] or the soul.
_ _ _ Wood [F] tray, mile [C] away, fly for a bushel full of gold. _
_ But one night in the attic in an old and dusty crate,
I found great-grandpa's diary, til dawn I read it [G] straight.
Turns out he fled from [Am] Russia back in [C] _ 1893.
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The oldest [C] child who lost the pride of a Jewish family.
_ _ _ _ I showed it to my parents, they said son, yes it's true.
But it's just ancient history, don't let it trouble [G] you.
First thing great-grandpa [Am] did when he said [C] put on this [F] land,
_ _ Was say I pledge allegiance [C] to good old Uncle Sam.
_ _ I [F] was a country boy living the [C] all-American dream. _
[G] Hard at work, drinking hard, not much [C] in between.
Never gave [Bb] much thought to [F] matters of the spirit [Am] or the soul. _
_ Wood tray, [C] mile away, fly for a bushel full of gold. _ _
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But I was more than taking back my thoughts out of control.
I said I've got no more, put my wedding plans [G] on hold.
So I drove up to the [Am] city, told the rabbi what [F] I knew.
_ _ He said please let me [G] teach you what it means to be [C] a Jew.
_ _ _ Taught me about Torah and [F] Mitzvah 613.
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Now our lives have meaning if we keep our souls [G] pristine.
Day after day he [Am] challenged me, come home, I know you [F] can. _
_ He seemed so [C] sad when I said I can't change the way I _ am.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ They all ran out to greet me, my dear folks, Caroline.
_ So happy I was home, bet I hadn't lost [A] my mind.
My son, my daddy said while you [D] were gone, I made [G] a pact.
_ That I'd buy [D] you a brand new truck [E] the day that you [D] came back. _ _ _
We each have moments in our lives that show God's _ providence. _
_ Mostly we just shrug them off as mere coincidence.
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But when I [G] went to get [A] new [Bm] plates _ down [D] at the _ _ [G] _ DMV,
_ _ _ The license plate [D] that gave me [A] red, G-E [Bm]-T _ [A] _ -613.
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_ I'm [G] still a country boy, but now my [D] life's a dream come true.
Studied Torah in Jerusalem [G] with a western wall in view.
[D] My mind [C] is filled with [G] matters of the spirit [Bm] and _ soul. _
[G] Wouldn't trade [D] my Yiddish kite for a bushel full of gold.
_ I'm still [G] a country boy, but now my [D] life's a dream come true.
Studied [A] Torah in Jerusalem [G] with a western wall in view.
My Hebrew's got a country twang, but no one [Bm] makes a _ fuss.
_ [G] And now I mean [D] it when I [A] say, the [Bm] Word and [A] God we _ trust. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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