Intro: D G D A D Bm G A D

D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)      DWell (xx0232@1)I grew up wild and free 
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)    DWalkin- (xx0232@1)these fields in my bare feet 
D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)        DThere (xx0232@1)wasn-t no place I couldn-t go 
       G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)       
With a twenty-two rifle and a fishing pole 



CHORUS: 
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        DWell (xx0232@1)I live in the city but don-t fit in 
    Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)  
You know its a pity the shape I-m in 
        G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)        
Well I got no home and I got no choice 
   Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1) 
Oh Lord, have mercy on a country boy 


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     D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)
When I was young I remember well 
    G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)       DI-d (xx0232@1)hunt the wild turkey and the bob-white quail 
    D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)       DThe (xx0232@1)river was clear and deep back then 
    G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)         
And fishin- lines tied to the willow limb 


Chorus

          D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)        DWell (xx0232@1)they dammed the river, they dammed the stream 
     G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)  	  	 
They cut down the cypress and the sweet gum trees 
          D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)    DThere-s (xx0232@1)a laundra- mat and a barber shop 
    G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)      DAnd (xx0232@1)now the whole meadow is a parkin- lot 


Chorus 2X


   Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Oh Lord, have mercy on a country boy
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