Amen Chords
by Frank Foster
Amen by Frank Foster is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, D and Cadd9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: G D Cadd9
G
Well im country as a cricket
D
on the creek bank in the shade
Cadd9
son im down home like a gospel song on a hymn book page
G
im a good time with a guitar
D
and a good shot with a gun
Cadd9
and im an old schooler got some cans in a cooler
on backroads beer run
D Cadd9 G
And ive got dixieland beneath my feet
D Cadd9 G
and i was raised up down where roots run deep
D Cadd9 G
and i was born a good ol boy by the grace of the good Lords hands
now can i get a amen
Verse 2:
G D
Got a Bible on the dresser, a 45 in the drawer
Cadd9
and if your tred on me hoss you best believe youll know what i got em for
G
it aint no mystery i like some pleasenty
D
and thats how i spend my days
Cadd9
and my family traditions are hunting and fishing
and leaning towards the old ways
Chorus
Bridge:
D Cadd9 G
IM just laid up here in a country state of mind
D Cadd9 G
canceling out some daylight flights in my duckblind
D Cadd9 G
i got a pickup truck a few white tail bucks and longbeards on the wall
D Cadd9 G
i thank the good Lord twice every morning i rise
D Cadd9 G
for this life hey how bout yall
Chorus