INTRO:
NONE
CHORUS:
AmC
When I die, I wanna come back as a country boy
AmE
No, there ain't no better life if you ask me
AmC
If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead
DCAmGAmAm
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be
VERSE:
AmC
My back is always breaking, my dogs are always barking
DAm
My money has trouble making and my truck has trouble starting
AmC
I'm up before the sun, either hauling hay or hunting
DAm
My work ain't ever done, but son, I wouldn't trade it for nothing
CHORUS:
AmC
So when I die, I wanna come back as a country boy
AmE
No, there ain't no better life if you ask me
AmC
If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead
DCAm
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be
VERSE:
CD
Yeah, if y'all ain't in my drawl and a fish ain't on my wall
Am
And the whiskey don't burn going down
CD
My feet ain't in a holler, and blue ain't on my collar
EAmAm
Leave my Hank-cranking, beer-drinking ass in the ground
CHORUS:
GAmC
Yeah, when I die I wanna come back as a country boy
AmE
No, there ain't no better life if you ask me
AmC
If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead
DCAm
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be
INSTRUMENTAL/G O:
AmCAmE
BDA K:
AmC
When I die I wanna come back as a country boy
AmE
Live on this land like my old man did before me
AmC
I don't wanna be born into money, where the boots don't ever get muddy
DCAm
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be
CHORUS:
AmC
Yeah, when I die, I wanna come back as a country boy
AmE
No, there ain't no better life if you ask me
AmC
If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead
DCAm
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be
DCAmAmAm
Yeah, a country boy is all that I know how to be