From: "Jim and Donna Lawrence" <jimanddonnalawrence@erols.com> Subject: a/anderson_john/takin_the_country_back.crd Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:59:18 -0400 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 down to Texas way * Where the honky to^Cnk heroes play *^G Gonna find ^D C G ^D that lost highway * That's where I'll make a stand *

Chorus:

Ta^Dkin' the country back * It's high time we^C face the ^Gfacts * Heart ^Dand C ^G soul slip^Dpin' 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 got to ge^Dt 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

John Anderson - Takin the country back