Country Boy Chords

KeyF Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays379

Country Boy by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords F, Bb and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			st Fret/Key: F#/Play: F 
F Country Bb boy, ain't got no F shoes 
Country Bb boy, ain't got no F blues 
F Well, you work all day while you're wantin' to play 
In the sun and the sand, with a face that's tan 
But at the end of the day, when your work is done 
You C ain't got nothin' but F fun. 
 
Country Bb boy, ain't got no F ills 
Country Bb boy, don't owe no F bills 
F You get a wiggly worm and then you watch him squirm 
While you put him on a hook and you drop him in a brook 
And of everything's gonna turn out right 
You're C gonna fry fish to-{F} night. 
 
F Country Bb boy, you're lucky F free 
Country Bb boy, I wish I was C you, and you were F me. 
 
Country boy, got work to do 
Country boy, in the morning dew 
You gotta cut the weeds, you gotta plant the seed 
There's many a row you know you gotta hoe 
But when it's quittin' time, and your work is through 
There's a lot of life in you. 
 
Country boy, got a shaggy dog 
Country boy, up a holler log 
Well, he comes in a run, when you pick up your gun 
And with a shell or two, and your dog and you 
When you get your rabbit, you'll skin his hide 
He's gonna be good fried. 
 
Country boy, you got lots to lose 
Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes. 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante