Three Chord Country Song Chords

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Three Chord Country Song by Red Steagall is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			          C                         G  
Don't you dare put a quarter in the jukebox  
       G                              C  
If you don't intend to play a country song  
         C                                        G   
When you punch those buttons, just make sure it's Merle or Moe or Willie  
    F              G                  C  
Someone that I can cry with all night long  


     F                                 C  
It's not that I don't like the jazz on Bourbon Street  
         F                                  G  
And it's not that I don't care for rock and roll  
      C                                 G  
But tonight I'm in the mood for country music  
       F              G                   C  
Just a heart breaking three chord country song  
  
  
No other kind of music tells a story  
Like Lonesome 77203  
And The Keys In The Mailbox paints a picture in my mind  
Cause I keep hoping she'll come back to me  
  
Chorus  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante