Country Boy Chords
by Ricky Skaggs
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.
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)