Aaron Lewis - Country Boy

      Aaron Lewis - Country Boy
Tuned half step down in drop Db.

[Chords]
D  xx0230
C  x30030
G  x20030
F* 333xxx
G* 555xxx
A* 777xxx

[Walk]
         D    D
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[Intro]
D D C G C G (Walk)  D


[Verse]
D
Now I grew up down an old dirt road
     C                G
In a town you wouldnt know
         C                             G
My pop's picked a place up for fifteen hundred bucks
        C  D
back in 1964


[Verse]
   D
My grandfather was a drinker
            C             G
back in the day he put em down
      C               G
but a war is known to change a man
         C                D                 C        G
And the whiskeys known to change a man but...


[Verse]
          C            D
Thats not me
         C                              G                   C     D
I rarely drink from the bottle but Ill smoke a little weed
        C                            G
I still live in the sticks where you wouldnt go
     C                              D
In a town of twelve hundred off an old dirt road
      C              G                 C      D
And a country boy is all Ill ever be....


[Verse]
D
Now its been twelve years since I sold my soul
        C           G
To the devil in L.A.
        C                           G
He said sign your name here on the dotted line
         C                   D
And your songs they all will play


[Verse]
D
He set up shop on Sunset
          C             G
He put me up at the  Marquis
            C                      G
He said you want to sell a million records boy
           C         D
You better listen to me


[Verse]
         C                 G
He said change your style, whiten your smile
          C             D
you could lose a couple pounds
            C
And if you want to live this life
           G
You better lose that wife
      C                 D
Do ya need your friends around?


[Verse]
            C   G                 C     D
I said..          No thats not me
          C                               G                  C        D
Cause the biggest things in life are your friends and family
      C                    G
And I like my jeans and my old t-shirts
    C                         D
and couple extra pounds never really hurt
      C              G                  C      D
And a country boy is all Ill ever be....


[Bridge*]
       F*                 G*           D
Cause Hank taught me just how to stay alive
            F*                                 G*    D
Youll never catch me out the house without my .9 or .45
        F*                       G*
I got a big orange tracker and a diesel truck
D
My idea of heaven is chasing white tail bucks
         F*            G*            A
And as a country boy I know I can survive


[Verse]
D
Now two flags fly above my land
            C            G
That really sum up how I feel
C                          G
One is the colors that fly high and proud
    C                   D
The red, the white, the blue


[Verse]
 D
The other ones got a rattlesnake
        C               G
with a simple statement made
       C               G
"Don't Tread On Me" is what is says
         C               D
and I'll take that to my grave


[Verse]
          C   G         C     D
because.....    this is me
             C               G                  C      D
Im proud to be American and strong in my beliefs
          C                 G
And Ive said it before but Ill say it again
        C                            D
Cause I never needed a government to hold my hand
          C                 G
And Ive said it before but Ill say it again
          C                                 D
Cause my familys always fought and died to save this land


[Outro]
      C              G                  C      (Walk)
And a country boy is all I'll ever be....