This is Country Music Brad Paisleys Live CMA Performance Tabbed by Aaron Gallagher of www.FreeandEasyGuitar.com Video Lesson of this song coming soon at www.FreeandEasyGuitar.com Based off Mitch Rossells cover of this song Dropped D tuning Remember with dropped D remember your G chord bass note is now on the 5th fret of your low E string, use your ring finger to play that 5th fret low E and your pinky to play 5th fret A string. Then Your pointer finger covers 3rd fret on the B and Hi E strings. The riff I refer to at the end of the first verse lines and 3rd verse is at the end of the tab. D G D riff Youre not supposed to say the word cancer in a song D G D riff And telling folks that Jesus is the answer can rub em wrong G A Bm A D It aint hip to sing about tractors trucks and little towns D D F# G And momma yeah that might be true D A D But this is country music and we do D G D G If you like to have a cold one on the weekend and get loud D G D G If you wanna say im sorry or I love you but you dont know how G A Bm If you wish that someone had the nerve to tell that stupid A D boss of yours to shove it D F# G Next time he yells at you D A D This is country music and we do G D So turn it on, turn it up, and sing along G Bm E7 G This is real, this is your life in a song whoa A D This is country music Harmonics 7 D G x4 D G D riff If your haunted by the echos of your mother on the phone D G D riff Crying as she tells you that your brother aint coming home G A Bm And if theres anyone that still has pride in the memory of A D those that died defending D F# G the old red white and blue, D A D This is country music and we do G D So turn it on, turn it up, and sing along G Bm E7 G This is real, this is your life in a song whoa G A Its the road that takes you home G A Its right where you belong D G This is country music G D (repeat once per line) This is country music He stopped loving her today Hello Darling God Bless the USA Amarillo by morning Stand by your man Take me home country roads I walk the line Country boy can survive (survive holds 3 measures) Riff at the end goes a bit like this D chord strummed then E-0h2h3-2-0-------7---------8-10-12-10-8-7---| B------------3----8-----7-9------------------| G-----------------7--------------------------| Harmonics 7th fret D chord strummed to end Beginning riff after the D is something along the lines of this E--------------------------3-----------------| B--------------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------| D--0-2-2/4-4/2p0-----------------------------| A----------------------5---------------------| D------------------4/5---5-------------------|