Gone Country — Alan Jackson
Chords and lyrics for Gone Country by Alan Jackson (key of G).
Intro
[G] [D] [C]
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Verse 1
[G]She's been playing at a room on the strip for [C]ten [D]years in Vegas
[G][D][C]Every [G]night she looks in the mirror [C]and she [D]only ages
[G][D][C]She's [G]been reading about Nashville and all the records [C]that everybody's [D]buying
[G][D][C]She says [G]I'm a simple girl myself, [C]grew up [D]on Long Island
[G][D][C]So she packs [Em]her bags to try [D]her hand
She says this [Em]might be my [D]last chance
Chorus
[G]She's gone country, [C]look at them [D]boots
[G]She's gone country, [C]back to her [D]roots
[G]She's gone country, [C]a new kind of [D]suit
[Em]She's gone country, [D]here she comes
Riff
[G] [D] [C]
Verse 2
[G]Well the folk scene's dead, but [C]he's holding [D]out in the village
[G][D][C]He's [G]been writing songs, speaking out [C]against wealth [D]and privilege
[G][D][C]He [G]says I don't believe in money, but a man [C]could make him [D]a killing
[G][D][C]Cause [G]some of that stuff don't sound much [C]different [D]than Dylan
[G][D][C]I [Em]hear down there, it's changed [D]you see
They're [Em]not as backwards as they [D]used to be
Chorus
[G]He's gone country, [C]look at them [D]boots
[G]He's gone country, [C]back to his [D]roots
[G]He's gone country, [C]a new kind of [D]suit
[Em]He's gone country, [D]here he comes
Riff
[G] [D] [C]
Verse 3
[G]He commutes to L.A., but [C]he's got a [D]house in the valley
[G][D][C]But [G]the bills are piling up and the pop scene [C]ain't on a [D]rally
[G][D][C]And [G]he says honey I'm a serious composer, [C]schooled in voice and [D]composition
[G][D][C]But [G]with the crime and the smog these days, [C]this ain't no [D]place for children
[G][D][C]Lord [Em]it sounds so easy, [D]this shouldn't take long
[Em]Be back in the money [D]in no time at all
Chorus
[G]He's gone country, [C]look at them [D]boots
[G]He's gone country, [C]back to his [D]roots
[G]He's gone country, [C]a new kind of [D]suit
[Em]He's gone country, [D]here he comes
Riff
[G] [D] [C]
Outro
[G]Yeah he's gone country, [C]a new kind of [D]walk
[G]He's gone country, [C]a new kind of [D]talk
[G]He's gone country, [C]look at them [D]boots
[G]He's gone country, [C]back to his [D]roots
[G]He's gone [C]country [D]
[G]He's gone [C]country [D]
[G]Everybody's gone [C]country [D]
[G]Yeah we've [C]gone country [D]
[G]The whole world's [C]gone [D]country
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[G][C][D]We're gone
[G][C][D]and fade