Gone Country - Alan Jackson
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(Bob McDill)
As a source I used the submission of: theTone@stpc.wi.LeidenUniv.nl
(theTone)
of 20 Feb 1995.
He explains that the riff is not the correct picking, so I looked into
it:
GDC
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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
D
(riff)
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
EmD
So she packs her bags to try her hand
EmD
Says this might be my last chance
GCD
She's gone country, look at them boots
GCD
She's gone country, back to her roots
GCD
She's gone country, a new kind of 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
EmD
I hear down there it's changed you see
EmD
They're not as backwards as they used to be
GCD
He's gone country, look at them boots
GCD
He's gone country, back to his roots
GCD
He's gone country, a new kind of 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
D
(riff)
But with the crime and the smog these days this ain't no place for
children
EmD
Lord it sounds so easy, this shouldn't take long
EmD
Be back in the money in no time at all
GCD
He's gone country, look at them boots
GCD
He's gone country, back to his roots
GCD
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
Em/NC
He's gone country, here he comes
2x riff
GCD
Yeah he's gone country, a new kind of walk
GCD
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
GCD
He's gone country, look at them boots
GCD
He's gone country, oh back to his roots
GD
He's gone country
GC
He's gone country
DGC
Everybody's gone country
DGC
Yeah we've gone country
D G C D G C D Fade out
The whole world's gone country