#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: March 12, 2003 Album: Written by: COUNTRY THANG John Michael Montgomery Intro chords Banjo section is just banjo but it's based on these chords if you want to play along with it. G F G F G F G When other instrumentals join it G F G F "Bring it on" G F G (F-G)<--quick G F# F We're backwoods, dixie, flatwoods pickin' , shot gun waving, long Neck drinkin', huntin' and a-fishin' workin and a- wishing for the weekend F# We say yes no m'am yes m'am sir can I lend a hand take stand for some- thing we believe in love and pray and do anything for a good friend G We like campfires burning, buttermilk churnin' old folks, dirt road winding and a-turnin through a muddy creek jumping from a tall tree Bb G into the deep end to chorus using 1.) CHORUS: F G It's a coun-oun-oun-oun-try thang C F G People who don't live it just might think we've gone insane C F C But those of us down home we can stand right up and say Bb G F G (F-G) F G It's a coun-oun-oun-try 1.)thang F G to lead, to chorus, to ending 2.)thang F We like moonlight zippin' , late skinny dippin' , flat rock skippin', cat fish hittin' sitting on the creek bank suns up we aint' leavin' F# We like country twang and good southern rockin' Fun in the sun on a fast boat dockin'Home made wine and a mess of fish frying in a hot pan G Got grandmas and grandpas, new born youngens', double wide homes and double first cousins An old town square and a county fair it's C G a good thang to chorus using 2.) then to lead, to chorus using 1.) to ending ENDING: The G is just off thang for timing reasons Bb F G It's coun-oun-oun-oun-try thang Bb F G It's coun-oun-oun-oun-try thang Bb F G F C Bb F F G It's coun-oun-oun-oun-oun--try thang "that's right"