I was country when country wasn't cool

Artist: Barbara Mandrell (English)
User: William Barnes
Duration: 130 seconds
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Barbara Mandrell- I Was Country, When Country Wasn't Cool- 1981
[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
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I remember wearing straight leg Levis and flannel shirts
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Even when they weren't in style
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I remember singing with Roy Rogers at the movies
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When the West was really wild
    C     F 
And I was listening to Opry
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When all of my friends were digging
 C                Em       Am  C6  C  Cmaj7  C6 
Rock 'n Roll and Rhythm & Blues
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Cause I was country, when country wasn't cool.

[Verse 2]
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I remember circling the drive-in, pulling up
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And turning down George Jones
     C      G 
I remember when no one was looking
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I was putting peanuts in    my Coke
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I took a lot of kidding
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Cause I never did fit in
    C            Em             Am  C6   C      Cmaj7  C6 
Now look at everybody trying to be what I was then
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I was country, when country wasn't cool. Oooh
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I was country, when country wasn't cool yeah

[Bridge 1]

      Dm                              C    C6  Cmaj7  C6 
I was Country, from my hat down to my boots
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I still act, and look the same
         F         C       Bm7 
What you see ain't nothing new
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Cause I was country, when country wasn't cool.

[Chorus 1]

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They called us country bumpkins
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For sticking to our roots
         F               C 
I'm just glad we're in a country
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Where we're all free to choose

[Bridge 2]

            Dm                           C    C6  Cmaj7  C6 
Cause I was country, when country wasn't cool.
            Dm                           C    C6  Cmaj7  C6 
Oooh, I was country, when country wasn't cool
      Dm                              C    C6  Cmaj7  C6 
I was Country, from my hat down to my boots
        F                 C 
I still act, and look the same
        F         C       Bm7 
What you see ain't nothing new

[Coda]

            Dm                           C     C6  Cmaj7  C6 
Cause I was country, when country wasn't cool.
            Dm                           C    C6  Cmaj7  C6 
Yeah, I was Country when Country wasn't cool.




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