County Colors Cooder Graw Pattern for the chord transitions: E-3---------0--------2----- B-3---------1--------3----- G-0---------0--------2----- D-0---------2-0h2-0--0----- A-2---0h23--3-------------- E-3------------------------ G C He could have been a quarterback D G D on a college football team G C maybe a movie star signing autographs D G D for a bunch of screamin' teens G C He leaned on the wrong foot too long D G D And never caught his balance G C Cause in a big game with his body D G D His mind couldn't meet the challenge C Now he's got three squares a day D Visits once a week G C D And the county colors to keep him warm G CD When he sleeps His parents did the best they could But even that wasn't enough Cause all of the love and hop in the world Just couldn't get him off We used to wahoo beer together Every now and again But when I caught him holding my girlfriends hand I should have know right then Now he's got three squares a day Visits once a week And the county colors to keep him warm When he sleeps We caught him gettin drunk and readin the Bible Just a month or so before He tried to roll a friend of mine At a bar just down the road Well they said they found that poor girls body Up in a ditch, in the mud Now he's goin to hell in a county jail Wonderin' what he's done Now he's got three squares a day Visits once a week And the county colors to keep him warm When he sleeps When he sleeps