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:
G D C
-----------|----------3---------------------------------------------|
-----------|----------3-------------------------3-------------------|
-------0---|----------0---------------------2---------------------0-|
-0^2-------|------------------------0-----------------------0^2-----|
-----------|----------------2^3---------------------3---------------|
-----------|--3-----------------------------------------------------|
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
G C 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
Em D
So she packs her bags to try her hand
Em D
Says this might be my last chance
G C D
She's gone country, look at them boots
G C D
She's gone country, back to her roots
G C D
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
Em D
I hear down there it's changed you see
Em D
They're not as backwards as they used to be
G C D
He's gone country, look at them boots
G C D
He's gone country, back to his roots
G C D
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
G C D
(riff)
But with the crime and the smog these days this ain't no place for
children
Em D
Lord it sounds so easy, this shouldn't take long
Em D
Be back in the money in no time at all
G C D
He's gone country, look at them boots
G C D
He's gone country, back to his roots
G C D
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
Em/NC
He's gone country, here he comes
2x riff
G C D
Yeah he's gone country, a new kind of walk
G C D
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
G C D
He's gone country, look at them boots
G C D
He's gone country, oh back to his roots
G C D
He's gone country
G C
He's gone country
D G C
Everybody's gone country
D G C
Yeah we've gone country
D G C D G C D Fade out
The whole world's gone country
