Gone Country - Alan Jackson
[Intro]
[G] [D] [C] x4
Verse 1:
She's been [G] playing that room on the [C] strip for [D] ten years in Vegas [G] [D] [C]
Every [G] night she looks in the [C] mirror but [D] she only ages [G] [D] [C]
She's been [G] reading 'bout Nashville and all the [C] records that every[D]body's buying [G] [D] [C]
Say's I'm a [G] simple girl myself [C] grew up on [D] Long Island [G] [D] [C]
So she [Em] packs her bags to [D] try her hand Says [Em] this might be [D] my last chance
|[Chorus]
|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, [C] a new kind of [D] suit
|She's gone [Em] country, [NC] here she comes
Instrumental:
[G] [D] [C] [G] [D] [C]
Verse 2:
Well the [G] folk scene's dead, but [C] he's holding [D] out in the village [G] [D] [C]
He's been [G] writing songs, speaking [C] out against [D] wealth and privilege [G] [D] [C]
He says [G] I don't believe in money, but a [C] man could [D] make him a killin' [G] [D] [C]
Cause [G] some of that stuff don't [C] sound much [D] different than Dylan [G] [D] [C]
I hear [Em] down there its [D] changed you see They're [Em] not as backwards as
[D] they used to be
[Chorus]
Instrumental:
[G] [D] [C] x4
Verse 3:
He [G] commutes to L.A., but [C] he's got a [D] house in the valley [G] [D] [C]
But the [G] bills are piling up and the [C] pop scene [D] just ain't on a rally [G] [D] [C]
And he says [G] honey I'm a serious [C] composer,
[D] schooled in [C] voice and compos[D]ition [G] [D] [C]
But with the [G] crime and the smog these [C] days this ain't no [D] place for children [G] [D] [C]
Lord it [Em] sounds so easy, this shouldn't [D] take long Be [Em] back in the money in
[D] no time at all
|[Chorus]
|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, [C] a new kind of [D] suit
|She's gone [Em] country, [NC] here she comes
Instrumental:
[G] [D] [C] x2
[Outro]
Yeah he's gone [G] country, [C] a new kind of [D] walk
He's gone [G] country, [C] a new kind of [D] talk
He's gone [G] country, [C] look at them [D] boots
He's gone [G] country, [C] aw back to his [D] roots
He's gone [G] country [C] [D]
He's gone [G] country [C] [D] everybody's Gone [G] country [C] [D]
Yeah we've gone [G] Country [C] [D] the whole world's Gone [G] country [C] [D]
[G] We gone [C] [D] [G] [C] [D]