David Allan Coe - If that aint country

^GThe old man was covered with tattoos and scars, he got s^Come in prison and others in bars The ^Drest he got workin' on old junk cars in the ^Gdaytime They ^Glooked like tombstones in our yard And I ^Cnever seen him when he ^Dwasn't tired and ^Gmean

He ^Gsold used parts to make ends meet, ^Ccovered with grease from his head to his feet ^DCussin' the sweat and the Texas heat, ^Gand the skeeters And the ^Gneighbors said we lived like hicks, But they ^Cbrung their cars for ^DPa to fix ^Ganyhow.

He was ^Gvet'ran proud, tried and true, he'd ^Cfight till his heart was black and blue, ^DDidn't know how he'd made it through, the ^Ghard times ^GHe'd bought our house on the G.I. Bill, But it ^Cwasn't worth all he ^Dhad to kill to ^Gget it

He drank ^Gpearl in a can and Jack Daniels black, ^Cchewed tobacco from a mail-pouch sack, ^DHad an old dog that was trained to attack, ^Gsometimes ^GHe'd get drunk and mean as a rattlesnake, And there ^Cwasn't too much that ^Dhe would take, from a ^Gstranger

There was ^C13 kids and a ^Dbunch of dogs, ^Ghouse full of chickens and a ^Cyard full of hogs, ^DSpent the summertime ^Ccuttin' up logs for the ^Gwinter ^CTryin' like the devil to ^Dfind the lord, and ^Gworkin' like a dog for my roo^Cm and board, ^DCoal burnin' stove, no natural gas, and if that ain't country, I'll kiss your as^Gs.

^GIf that ain't ^Ccountry,^D it'll hairlip the p^Gope, ^GIf that ain't ^Ccountry,^D it's a damn good ^Gjoke I've seen the ^CGrand Ole ^DOpry and ^GI met Johnny ^CCash, And if that ain't ^Dcountry, I'll kiss your ^Gass.

^GMomma sells eggs at a grocery store, ^Cmy oldest sister is a first-rate whore, ^DDad says she can't come home anymore, and he ^Gmeans it ^GMa just sits and keeps her silence ^CSister she left 'cause ^DDad got violent, and he ^Gknows it

^GMomma she's old, far beyond her time, from ^Cchoppin' tobacco and I seen her cryin' When ^Dblood started flowin' from her calloused hand,^G and it hurt me ^GBut she'd just keep workin', tryin' to help the old man, From the ^Cend of one row and ^Dback again, like ^Galways

^GShe's been through hell since Junior went to jail, and whe^Cn the lights go out she ain't never failed, To ^Dget down on her knees and pray, 'cause she ^Gloves him ^GTold all the neighbors he was off in the war, ^CFightin' for freedom, he's ^Dgood to the core, and she's ^Gproud

^GOur place was a graveyard for automobiles, at the ^Cend of the porch there was 4 stacks of wheels, And ^Dtires for sale for a dollar or two, ^Gcash

There was ^C50 holes in an ^Dold tin roof ^GMe and my family was ^Clivin' proof, Of ^Dpeople who forgot about poor white trash And if that ain't country I'll kiss your ^Gass

^GIf that ain't ^Ccountry,^D it'll hairlip the p^Gope, ^GIf that ain't ^Ccountry,^D it's a damn good ^Gjoke I've seen the ^CGrand Ole ^DOpry and ^GI met Johnny ^CCash, And if that ain't ^Dcountry, I'll kiss your ^Gass.

^GI'm thinking tonight of my^C blue eyes Conc^Derning the great speckled ^Gbird I didn't ^Gknow god made honky-tonk^C angels And went b^Dack to the wild side of l^Gife