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E
1. I may look like a city slicker, shinin' up
through his shoes,
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C - E
B7
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underneath
I'm just a cotton picker, pickin' out a mess of blues.
A
E
- A E
Show me where I start, find a horse and cart,
C G
C E
I'm just a country boy, country
boy at heart.
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2. I may look like a bank teller, pushing facts in a file,
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but
I'd rather be a haul collar, shooing
foot home in style.
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Show me where I start, find a horse and cart,
C
G C E
I'm just a country boy,
country boy at heart.
(instrumental part left out
here)
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3. I may look like a city slicker,
shinin' up through his shoes,
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underneath
I'm just a cotton picker, pickin' out a mess of blues.
A E - A E
Show me where I start, find a horse and cart,
C
G C E
I'm just a country boy,
country boy at heart.
(instrumental part left out
here)
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Ricky
Skaggs)