I personally love this song and really the entire album is great, most
people know "Sunshine" and "Lay around the Shanty" but my favorite song on
the album is probably this on, a nice little tune called "Athens County" You
might need to listen to it to really get it, there is a thing on YouTube of
it that you can listen to. Anyway, i couldn't find the chords to this song
anywhere on the internet, so i had to come up with them myself, they may not
be entirely accurate but they sound good, and are pretty close if they're
not right

I play it in the key of G (because i have a G harmonica), the record is
actually in G#, so throw a capo on the 1st fret and BINGO, you're there!

G
Way down in Athens County
C              G 
that's where i am
Em
Going on the road tomorrow
C           G
Up to Amsterdam
G
Way down in Athens County
C                  G(hold)
Stop and have some wine
(no chord)
Athens County
D(hold)       C(hold)
Marie and Me, We're doin' fine
G     C
Sweet Maria
G     D    C
Never Long Gone
G     C
Sweet Maria
G                D
Never long gone, never long gone

G                  C
Just got into this town
G                  C
I'm feelin' mighty good
G                   Em
Found my olf friend sound
C               D
I had a hunch i would
G
Way down in Athens County
C              G 
that's where i am
Em
Going on the road tomorrow
C           G
Up to Amsterdam
G
Way down in Athens County
C                  G(hold)
Stop and have some wine
(no chord)
Athens County
D(hold)       C(hold)
Marie and Me, We're doin' fine
G     C
Sweet Maria
G     D    C
Never Long Gone
G     C
Sweet Maria
G                D
Never long gone, never long gone

(harmonica break)
G C G C G Em C D G C G C G(hold) D(hold) C(hold) G C GDC G C G D

G                     C
That's my good friend John
G                          C
He's whistlin' a bluegrass tune
G                 Em
We pick it in the sunshine
C               D
Sing it in the afternoon
G
Way down in Athens County
C              G 
that's where i am
Em
Going on the road tomorrow
C           G
Up to Amsterdam
G
Way down in Athens County
C                  G(hold)
Stop and have some wine
(no chord)
Athens County
D(hold)       C(hold)
Marie and Me, We're doin' fine
G     C
Sweet Maria
G     D    C
Never Long Gone
G     C
Sweet Maria
G     D    C
Never long gone (well hello maria)
G     C
Sweet Maria
G     D    C
Never Long Gone (so long)
G     C
Sweet Maria
G     D    C
Never long gone
G
for long


There you go, great song, if you know a banjo player and a guy who can play
harmonica, you can really make this sound good