{"id":20698,"date":"2024-06-17T00:07:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T00:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20698"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:11:33","slug":"thank-god-im-a-country-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/thank-god-im-a-country-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank God, I’m a Country Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank God I’m A Country Boy, <\/span>John Denver<\/span><\/p>\n

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A cappella until the second verse.\r\n \r\n2\/4 time\r\nExtra 2 beats of D on 3rd line of verses, choruses and solos.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n      A<\/span>                            D<\/span>\r\nWell, life on a farm is kinda laid back\r\n      A<\/span>                            G<\/span>        D<\/span>\r\nAin't much an old country boy like me can't hack\r\n     A<\/span>               E<\/span>           D<\/span>\r\nIt's early to rise, early in the sack\r\n      A<\/span>         E<\/span>           A<\/span>\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n  A<\/span>                                   D<\/span>\r\nA simple kind of life never did me no harm\r\nA<\/span>                       G<\/span>            D<\/span>\r\nRaisin' me a family and workin' on a farm\r\n   A<\/span>             F#m<\/span>           E<\/span>            D<\/span>\r\nMy days are all filled with an easy country charm\r\n      A<\/span>         E<\/span>           A<\/span>\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n        E<\/span>                     A<\/span>\r\nWell, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle\r\n         E<\/span>                     A<\/span>\r\nWhen the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle\r\n    A<\/span>          F#m<\/span>           E<\/span>             D<\/span>\r\nAnd life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle\r\n      A<\/span>         E<\/span>          A<\/span>\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n         A<\/span>                                      D<\/span>\r\nWhen the work's all done and the sun's settin' low\r\n  A                         G             D\r\nI pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow\r\n        A         F#m        E             D\r\nBut the kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low\r\n      A         E           A\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nA                                    D\r\nI'd play \"Sally Goodin\" all day if I could\r\n        A                         G            D\r\nBut the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good\r\n     A             F#m        E           D\r\nSo I fiddle when I can and I work when I should\r\n      A         E          A\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n        E                     A\r\nWell, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle\r\n         E                     A\r\nWhen the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle\r\n    A           F#m          E7            D\r\nAnd life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle\r\n      A         E       A\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n[Solo]\r\nA         D\r\nA      G  D\r\nA  F#m E  D  D\r\nA  E   A\r\nA         D\r\nA      G  D\r\nA  F#m E  D  D\r\nA  E   A\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n        A                                      D\r\nWell, I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels\r\n  A                     G            D\r\nI never was one of them money hungry fools\r\n    A              F#m           E       D\r\nI'd rather have my fiddle and my farming tools\r\n      A         E       A\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n      A                                 D\r\nYeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine\r\n        A                   G             D\r\nA lotta sad people thinkin' that's mighty keen\r\n      A          F#m           E           D\r\nWell, son let me tell you now exactly what I mean\r\n        A         E       A\r\nI thank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n        E                     A\r\nWell, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle\r\n         E                     A\r\nWhen the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle\r\n    A          F#m           E             D\r\nAnd life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle\r\n      A         E          A\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n[Solo]\r\nA         D\r\nA      G  D\r\nA  F#m E  D  D\r\nA  E   A\r\nA         D\r\nA      G  D\r\nA  F#m E  D  D\r\nA  E   A\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 7]\r\n         A                                     D\r\nWell, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died\r\n       A                              G             D\r\nAnd he took me by the hand and held me close to his side\r\n          A           F#m              E          D\r\nHe said: \"Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride\r\n          A            E          A\r\nAnd thank God you're a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 8]\r\n         A                                      D\r\nMy daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle\r\n   A                                G           D\r\nHe taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle\r\n   A                F#m             E7          D\r\nHe taught me how to love and how to give just a little\r\n      A         E           A\r\nThank God I'm a country boy\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n        E                     A\r\nWell, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle\r\n         E                     A\r\nWhen the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle\r\n    A          F#m           E            D\r\nAnd life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle\r\n      A         E            A\r\nThank God I'm a country boy    Yeehaw!\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nA         D\r\nA      G  D\r\nA  F#m E  D  D\r\nA  E   A  A<\/pre>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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