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Date: 10/4/98; 3:52:25 PM
From: "Jim and Donna Lawrence" <jimanddonnalawrence@erols.com>
Subject: a/anderson_john/takin' the country back.crd
Song: Takin' the Country Back
CD: Takin' the Country Back - Mercury Records - 1997
Sung By: John Anderson
Written By: Curtis Wright and Marty Stuart
Let's take the country back!!
Intro: D C G (x2)?
D C G
D
Goin' down to Muscle Shoals * Where the swamp water rhythm
C G
D
flows * Live the only way I know * I'm just a common man * Headed
C G D
down to Texas way * Where the honky tonk heroes play * Gonna find
C G
D
that lost highway * That's where I'll make a stand *
Chorus:
D C G D
Takin' the country back * It's high time we face the facts * Heart and
C
G D
soul slippin' through the cracks * We're takin' the country back *
C G
D
Takin' the country back * We're not sure just where it's at * We've
C
G D
got to get it back on track * We're takin' the country back *
(same chords as above)
Bright lights and limousines * Fame and fortune I have seen * Still
searchin' for that dream * It's callin' me back home * Down to earth
where the music's real * Singin' 'bout what the people feel * Timeless
truth, now that's the deal * We got to pass in on, y'all * (Chorus x 3)
(after 3 chorus)
D C G D C G
D
We're takin' the country back * Takin' the country on back *
Transcribed by: M. Lawrence - 9/24/98