[Estrofe]
     A                           
Well life on a farm is kinda laid
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 back 
Well life on a farm is kinda laid back 
      A                            G 
Ain't much an old country boy like me
       E 
 can’t hack 
Ain't much an old country boy like me can’t hack 
     A               E           D 
It's early to rise, early in the sack
 
It's early to rise, early in the sack 
      A         E           A 
Thank God I'm a country boy 
  A                                  
A simple kind of life never did me no
 D 
 harm 
A simple kind of life never did me no harm 
A                       G           
Raisin' me a family and workin' on a
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 farm 
Raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm 
   A             F#m           E   
My days are all filled with an easy
         D 
 country charm 
My days are all filled with an easy country charm 
      A         E           A 
Thank God I'm a country boy
[Refrão]
       E                     A 
Well I got me a fine wife, I got me
 old fiddle 
Well I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle 
         E                     A 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes
 on the griddle 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle 
    A          F#m           E     
And life ain't nothin' but a funny,
        D 
 funny riddle 
And life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle 
      A         E          A 
Thank God I'm a country boy
[Estrofe]
         A                      
When the work's all done and the
                D 
 sun's settin' low 
When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low 
  A                         G       
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up
      D 
 the bow 
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow 
        A         F#m       E       
But the kids are asleep so I keep it
     D 
 kinda low 
But the kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low 
      A         E           A 
Thank God I'm a country boy 
A                                   
I'd play "Sally Goodin" all day if I
 D 
 could 
I'd play "Sally Goodin" all day if I could 
        A                        
But the lord and my wife wouldn't
 G            E 
 take it very good 
But the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good 
     A             F#m        E  
So I fiddle when I can and I work
         D 
 when I should 
So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should 
      A         E          A 
Thank God I'm a country boy   
[Refrão]
        E                    A 
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me
 old fiddle 
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle 
         E                     A 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes
 on the griddle 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle 
    A           F#m          E7    
And life ain't nothin' but a funny,
        D 
 funny riddle 
And life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle 
      A         E      A 
Thank God I'm a country boy 
[Solo]
A       D
A     G D
A F#m E D
D  A  E A  A
[Refrão]
        E                     A 
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me
 old fiddle 
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle 
         E                     A 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes
 on the griddle 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle 
    A          F#m           E     
And life ain't nothin' but a funny,
        D 
 funny riddle 
And life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle 
      A         E          A 
Thank God I'm a country boy  
     A                           
Yeah city folk drivin’ in a black
      D 
 limousine 
Yeah city folk drivin’ in a black limousine 
        A                   G     
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's
        E 
 mighty keen 
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's mighty keen 
      A          F#m           E     
Well, son let me tell you now exactly
      D 
 what I mean 
Well, son let me tell you now exactly what I mean 
        A         E      A 
I thank God I'm a country boy
[Refrão]
       E                     A 
Well I got me a fine wife, I got me
 old fiddle 
Well I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle 
         E                     A 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes
 on the griddle 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle 
    A          F#m           E     
And life ain't nothin' but a funny,
        D 
 funny riddle 
And life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle 
      A         E          A 
Thank God I'm a country boy
[Estrofe]
         A                         
Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till
            D 
 the day he died 
Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died 
       A                           
And he took me by the hand and held
   G             D 
 me close to his side 
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side 
          A           F#m          
He said: "Live a good life and play
    E          D 
 my fiddle with pride 
He said: "Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride 
          A            E          A 
And thank God you're a country boy
[Estrofe]
         A                          
My daddy taught me young how to hunt
            D 
 and how to whittle  
My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle  
   A                               
He taught me how to work and play a
 G           D 
 tune on the fiddle 
He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle 
   A                F#m            
He taught me how to love and how to
 E7          D 
 give just a little 
He taught me how to love and how to give just a little 
      A         E           A 
Thank God I’m a country boy
[Refrão]
       E                    A 
Well I got me a fine wife, I got me
 old fiddle 
Well I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle 
         E                     A 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes
 on the griddle 
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle 
    A          F#m          E      
And life ain't nothin' but a funny,
      D 
 funny riddle 
And life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle 
      A         E            A
Thank God I'm a country boy   
 
 Yeehaw!  
Thank God I'm a country boy    Yeehaw!  
[Outro]
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