Country Boy Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays476

Country Boy by Ricky Skaggs is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, Eb, D, A, Bb, B, C, F#, F, E, C#m, B7, G#, E7, A7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G                       Em  Eb 
I may look like a city slicker, 
G               D       G 
Shinin' up through his shoes. 
G                       Em  Eb  
Underneath I'm just a cotton picker, 
G       D               G (A  Bb, B) 
Pickin' out a mess of blues  
C                     G (A  Bb, B) 
Show me where I start.  
C                    G (A  B, D) 
Find a horse and cart.  
Eb          Bb 
I'm just a country boy, 
Eb               G 
Country boy at heart.         Coda 

G                   Em  Eb  
I may look like a bank teller,  
G          D          G 
Pushing facts in a file.  
G                     Em  Eb 
But I'd rather be a haul collar, 
G          D            G (A  Bb, B) 
Shooing foot home in style.  
C                G (A  Bb, B) 
Show me where I start.  
C                G (A  B, D) 
Find a horse and cart.  
Eb          Bb 
I'm just a country boy, 
Eb              G--------(G, F#, F) 
Country boy at heart.  
  
Instrumental. 
E,  C#m, C, E, B7 E 
E,  C#m, C, E, B7 E (F#  G, G#) 
A, E (F#  G, G#) 
A, E (F#  G#, B) 
C, G, C, G-----  DC al Coda 

Coda: 
(G  F#, F) 
E7, A7, D7, G repeat for solos 
Last time (G  F#, F) E7, A7, C, D7, E

 (indicates single notes) 
    	

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