(verse 1) E5 If I was a running this country, A5 E5 I'd start it over from scratch, E5 Keep what's good pile up what's bad, B5 And then I'd strike the match, E5 Yeah we go back to the basics, A5 Of how things ought to be, E5 Yeah there'd be a line of changes, B5 E5 If it was left up to me, E5 Cause what this country needs, A5 E5 Is a little more steel guitar, E5 And put a little fiddle right in the middle, F#5 B5 Straight out of a Texas bar, E5 And give us a song we can all sing along, A5 From sea to shining sea, Yeah be proud of it and always love it, B5 E5 That's what this country needs, (verse 2) E5 Now if you want to hear about living A5 E5 Just twist that radio dial E5 B5 You come to a singer singing what life's all about E5 But you can't deny that people still cry A5 They laugh and they smile and they hurt E5 That's my humble opinion y'all B5 E5 you can take it for what it's worth E5 Cause what this country needs, A5 E5 Is a little more steel guitar, E5 And put a little fiddle right in the middle, F#5 B5 Straight out of a Texas bar, E5 And give us a song we can all sing along, A5 From sea to shining sea, Yeah be proud of it and always love it, B5 E5 That's what this country needs, (Bridie) A5 Yeah turn it on up and let it ring out E5 Across the land of the free F#5 They ought to build a statue to Hank Williams Sr, B5 And watch it change the scenery, E5 Cause what this country needs, A5 E5 Is a little more steel guitar E5 Yea put a sawing fiddle right square in the middle, F#5 B5 Straight out of a Texas bar, E5 And y'all give us a song that we all can sing, A5 From sea to shining sea, E5 Yeah be proud of it and always love it, B5 E5 That's what this country needs,
