Country Boy

country boy words and music by john r . cash capo : 1st fret/key : F#/play : F [ F ] country [ A# ] boy , ain’t got no [ F ] shoes country [ A# ] boy , ain’t got no [ F ] blues [ F ] well , you work all day while you’re wantin’ to play in the sun and the sand , with a face that’s tan but at the end of the day , when your work is done you [ C ] ain’t got nothin’ but [ F ] fun . country [ A# ] boy , ain’t got no [ F ] ills country [ A# ] boy , don’t owe no [ F ] bills [ F ] you get a wiggly worm and then you watch him squirm while you put him on a hook and you drop him in a brook and of everything’s gonna turn out right you’re [ C ] gonna fry fish to - [ F ] night . [ F ] country [ A# ] boy , you’re lucky [ F ] free country [ A# ] boy , i wish i was [ C ] you , and you were [ F ] me . country boy , got work to do country boy , in the morning dew you gotta cut the weeds , you gotta plant the seed there’s many a row you know you gotta hoe but when it’s quittin’ time , and your work is through there’s a lot of life in you . country boy , got a shaggy dog country boy , up a holler log well , he comes in a run , when you pick up your gun and with a shell or two , and your dog and you when you get your rabbit , you’ll skin his hide he’s gonna be good fried . country boy , you got lots to lose country boy , how i wish i was in your shoes .