Verse 1DGD [Riff]
Youre not supposed to say the word cancer in a song
DGD [Riff]
And telling folks that Jesus is the answer can rub em wrong
GABmAD
It aint hip to sing about tractors trucks and little towns
DDF#G
And momma yeah that might be true
DAD
But this is country music and we do
Verse 2DGDG
If you like to have a cold one on the weekend and get loud
DGDG
If you wanna say im sorry or I love you but you dont know how
GABm
If you wish that someone had the nerve to tell that stupid
AD
boss of yours to shove it
DF#G
Next time he yells at you
DAD
This is country music and we do
BridgeGD
So turn it on, turn it up, and sing along
GBmE7G
This is real, this is your life in a song whoa
AD
This is country music
[Harmonics] DG x4
Verse 3DGD [Riff]
If your haunted by the echos of your mother on the phone
DGD [Riff]
Crying as she tells you that your brother aint coming home
GABm
And if theres anyone that still has pride in the memory of
AD
those that died defending
DF#G
the old red white and blue,
DAD
This is country music and we do
Verse 4GD
So turn it on, turn it up, and sing along
GBmE7G
This is real, this is your life in a song whoa
GA
Its the road that takes you home
GA
Its right where you belong
DG
This is country music
GD (repeat once per line)
This is country music
He stopped loving her today
Hello Darling
God Bless the USA
Amarillo by morning
Stand by your man
Take me home country roads
I walk the line
Country boy can survive (survive holds 3 measures)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.