[Verse I] G What a sad state of affairs I'm in D Cause I'm trying to compete where I just don't fit in Em Cause the country, if you call it that, from off the road C Ain't country just because I'm old enough to know that
[Chorus] G That ain't country D That's a natural fact Em It's full of tails of good times and happy endings C My life ain't like that G So I'll keep listening to the old songs D that my Grandad used to play Em Full of pain and heartache and C desperation and the ones that got away The ones that speak to me, the way I feel today [Verse II] G So tell me, whatever happened to the country songs D Full of truth and consequences, all the things gone wrong Em Someone came and changed it up, made it all a lie C I'd like to spit a little beach-nut right in that dude's eye [Chorus] G Cause that ain't country D That's a natural fact Em It's full of tails of good times and happy endings
C My life ain't like that G So I'll keep listening to the D old songs that my Grandad used to play Em Full of pain and heartache C and desperation and the ones that got away The ones that speak to me, the way I feel today [Bridge] G Now listen here D We got Waylon singing songs bout a Ramblin' Man Em And Junior's got a cold one in his hand C And the Possum's gettin drunk again imagine that G And Charlie Daniels playing fiddle underneath that hat D And John and June are goin' back and forth again Em And David Allan Coe is singing 'bout his kin C And Haggard sings the songs that'll save your soul And Willie sings the songs about the hearts he stole [Chorus] G Cause that shit's country D That's a natural fact Em It's full of tails of hard times and complications C Ain't life like that? G So I'll keep listening to the D old songs that my Grandad used to play Em Full of pain and heartache
C and desperation and the ones that got away G The ones that speak to me, the way I feel today D The ones that speak to me Em C The way I feel today
