C    G           C         G    C
From Herte, Mississippi to Tupelo
G                D         G       C
Then I caught an eastbound freight
     G        C           G     C
With sky high hopes opened eyed scopes
    G         D       G
And earth all over my face

[Chorus]

C        G         C            G
New York City is a bad place to be
            C           G
When you're out of your head
        C    G         C   G        C   D  G
Country style, running wild country style

[Verse 2]

              C       G          C
The new wears off and time wears off
G      D                 G
And my roots are showin' through
G          C         G                C
But nobody cares about from where you came
    G             D          C
But what they can get out of you

[Chorus]

C        G         C            G
New York City is a bad place to be
            C           G
When you're out of your head
        C    G         C   G        C   D  G
Country style, running wild country style

[Verse 3]

           C           G
What would mom and dad say
        C           G
If they saw me this way
           C        D             G
Would they pray for me? Yes, they would
    C        G           C         G
But nobody's heard about rainy day women
     C      D                   G
In a Herte, Mississippi neighborhood

[Chorus]

C        G         C            G
New York City is a bad place to be
            C           G
When you're out of your head
        C    G         C   G        C   D  G
Country style, running wild country style

[Chorus]

C        G         C            G
New York City is a bad place to be
            C           G
When you're out of your head
        C    G         C   G        C   D  G
Country style, running wild country style