Intro
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Verso 1:
Bm
Right outside of this one church town
D
There's a gold, dirt road to a whole lot of nothin'
A
Got a deed to the land but it ain't my ground
Bm
This is God's country
Bm
We pray for rain, thankin' when it fallen
D
'Cause it brings a grain and a little bit of money
A
We put it back in the play
Bm
I guess that's why they call it God's country
Bm
I saw the light in the sunrise
D
Sittin' back in a 40 in a muddy riverside
A
Gettin' baptised in holy water and 'shine
Bm
With the dogs running
Bm
Saved by the sound of the been found
D
Mixin' whistle in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
A
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Bm
This is God's country
Verso 2:
Bm
We turned the dirt and worked until the week's done
D
We take a break and break bread on sun
A
And then do it all again
Bm
'Cause we're proud to be from God's country (Yeah, yeah)
Bm
I saw the light in the sunrise
D
Sittin' back in a 40 in a muddy riverside
A
Gettin' baptised in holy water and 'shine
Bm
With the dogs running
Bm
Saved by the sound of the been found
D
Mixin' whistle in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
A
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Bm
This is God's country (yeah)
Interlude
Bm D A Bm
(This is God's country)
God's country
Bridge
Bm
I don't care what my headstone reads
D
And what kind of pine wood box I end up in
A
When it's my time, lay me six feet deep
Bm
In God's country (Yeah, yeah)
Bm
I saw the light in the sunrise
D
Sittin' back in a 40 in a muddy riverside
A
Gettin' baptised in holy water and 'shine
Bm
With the dogs running
Bm
Saved by the sound of the been found
D
Mixin' whistle in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
A
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Bm
This is God's country (God's country)
Bm
I saw the light in the sunrise
D
Sittin' back in a 40 in a muddy riverside
A
Gettin' baptised in holy water and 'shine
Bm
With the dogs running
Bm
Saved by the sound of the been found
D
Mixin' whistle in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound
A
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around
Bm
This is God's country