G D C
Play the riff between | and | 4 times. Use 3rd and 4th finger for the G
chord
in the riff (3rd fret B and E string) and leave those fingers there thru
the whole riff.
Also play the G chord thru the whole song as follows: E A D G B E
3 x 0 0 3 3
G C D (riff)
She's been playing that room on the strip for ten years in Vegas
G C D (riff)
Every night she looks in the mirror but she only ages
(riff) G C D
She's been reading 'bout Nashville and all the records that everybody's
buying
G C D (riff)
Says I'm a simple girl myself grew up on Long Island
So she Em packs her bags to D try her hand
Says Em this might be D my last chance
She's gone G country, C look at them D boots
She's gone G country, C back to her D roots
She's gone G country, a C new kind of D suit
Em/NC
She's gone country, here she comes
2x riff
G C D (riff)
Well the folk scene's dead, but he's holding out in the village
G C D (riff)
He's been writing songs, speaking out against wealth and privilege
G C D (riff)
He says I don't believe in money, but a man could make him a killin'
G C D (riff)
Cause some of that stuff don't sound much different than Dylan
I Em hear down there it's D changed you see
Th Em ey're not as backwards as they D used to be
He's gone G country, C look at them D boots
He's gone G country, C back to his D roots
He's gone G country, a C new kind of D suit
Em/NC
He's gone country, here he comes
Play chorus 1x
G C D (riff)
He commutes to L.A., but he's got a house in the valley
G C D (riff)
But the bills are pilling up and the pop scene just ain't on a rally
G C D (riff)
He says honey I'm a serious composer schooled in voice and composition
(riff) G C D
But with the crime and the smog these days this ain't no place for
children
Lord it Em sounds so easy, this D shouldn't take long
Be Em back in the money in D no time at all
He's gone G country, C look at them D boots
He's gone G country, C back to his D roots
He's gone G country, a C new kind of D suit
Em/NC
He's gone country, here he comes
2x riff
Yeah he's gone G country, a C new kind of D walk
He's gone G country, a C new kind of D talk
He's gone G country, C look at them D boots
He's gone G country, oh C back to his D roots
He's gone G country C D
He's gone G country C
Every D body's gone G country C
D Yeah we've gone G country C
D G C D G C D Fade out
The whole world's gone country
Alan Jackson
