Intro: G
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
G
Pick and sing a while
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
G
Pick and sing a while
Verse: 1
G
Well, I've been gone for so long
D
It feels good just to be back home
C G
Back with my friends and people I wanna see
It's like a rainbow that's in the sky
D
The certain twinkle in everybody's eye
C G
Tellin' me they believe in what I am and what I want to be
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
G
Pick and sing a while
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
G
Pick and sing a while
Instrumental
G D C G (x2)
Verse: 2
G
Oh, Lord, don't it feel right tonight?
D
The certain feeling when the music's just right
C G
I'm feeling better with every single song
I look around, everybody's my friend
D
Everybody's got the finest grin
C G
And when that Chorus comes along, everybody jump on in
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
G
Pick and sing a while
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
G
Pick and sing a while
Instrumental: G D C G (x2)
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
G
Pick and sing a while (sing a while, sing a while)
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
G
Pick and sing a while
G
Don't it make you wanna dance?
D
Don't it make you wanna smile?
C C2/B Am
When you're down, down, down in the country
C C2/B Am
Down, down, down in the country
C C2/B Am
Down, down, down in the country
N.C. C G
Lord God Almighty gotta hang around and pick and sing awhile