open A tuning
(you can also play it in standard tuning in A, capoed up 2 frets)

here are some of the good country licks used:

   verse:
E  ------15------------7--------------------------
C# -14(15)----2-3-4-5--------7(9)-(9)7-5----------
A  -----------2-4-5-6--------------------5(7)-----
E  -------------------------------------------7~--
A  -----------------------------------------------
E  -----------------------------------------------

------14-16-14--------------------------
-12/14----------14p12----12(14)-12(14)~-
----------------------14----------------
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chords used:

    B  D  E  A  F#  B7  G
E  -2--5--7--0--2---5---3-
C# -2--5--7--0--0---2---1-
A  -2--5--7--0--1---2---2-
E  -2--5--7--0--2---2---3-
A  -2--5--7--0------2-----
E  -2---------------------


B5                     D5      A5  E5    A5     B5  
I hate to do this but you're a pain in the neck
B5                              D5    A5       E5    A5     B5  
I thought you knew this you're handing me a canceled check
B5                        D5    A5     E5      A5         B5  
you're so helpless your girlfriends think you're a saint
B5                            D5    A5   E5    A5         D5  
I'll give you a quarter I'll keep my judgements to myself 


D5                           F#5 
and i get caught up in the moonlight
                          B5            B5
reaching out for a rotten egg I don't want to beg
      G5                  F#5             B5  
it's crystal clear your time is nearly gone 

count your blessings and do the things that you should
o the has-beens that never had it so good
stormy weather the kids are making a racket
in the wilderness the wild lives are so mild 

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