That Aint Country
Aaron Lewis
RockEasy for beginners4 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
G
Em7
Cadd9
D
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: G Em7 Cadd9 D x2 G What a sad state of affairs I'm in Em7 'Cause I'm tryin' to compete where I just don't fit in Cadd9 The country if you'd call it that from off the row D It ain't country, trust me 'cause I'm old enough to know that Cadd9 G That ain't country Cadd9 G That's a natural fact Cadd9 G It's full of tales of good times and happy endings D My life ain't like that Cadd9 G So I'll be listenin' to the old songs Cadd9 G That my granddad used to play Cadd9 G Full of pain and heartache and desperation D And the ones that got away Cadd9 The songs that speak to me D The way I feel today G Em7 Cadd9 D G So tell me, whatever happened to the country songs Em7 Full of truth and consequences or the things gone wrong? Cadd9 Someone came and changed it up, made it all a lie D Like this _______ and that ______, 'cause Cadd9 G That ain't country Cadd9 G That's a natural fact Cadd9 G It's full of tales of good times and happy endings D My life ain't like that Cadd9 G So I'll be listenin' to the old songs Cadd9 G That my granddad used to play Cadd9 G Full of pain and heartache and desperation D And the ones that got away Cadd9 The songs that speak to me D The way I feel today G Em7 Cadd9 D G (Strum once, let ring) We got Waylon singin' songs 'bout a ramblin' man Em7 (Strum once, let ring) And Junior's got a cold one in his hand Cadd9 (Strum once, let ring) And the Parson's gettin' drunk again, imagine that D With Charlie Daniels playin' fiddle underneath that hat G John and Junior goin' back and forth again Em7 And David Allen Coe is singin' 'bout his kin Cadd9 Haggard sings the songs that'll save your soul D Willie's songs are all about the hearts he's stole, 'cause Cadd9 G That shit's country Cadd9 G That's a natural fact Cadd9 G It's full of tales of hard times and complications D Ain't life like that? Cadd9 G So I'll be listenin' to the old songs Cadd9 G That my granddad used to play Cadd9 G Full of pain and heartache and desperation D And the ones that got away Cadd9 The songs that speak to me D Em7 The way I feel today Cadd9 The songs that speak to me D The way I feel today G Em7 Cadd9 D x2 G
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Chord set
G · Em7 · Cadd9 · D
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.