What This Country Needs Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[G]If I

[Verse 1]
[Dm]
was runnin' this [D]country
I'd [G]start it over from [Dm]scratch
[D]Kee[Dm]p what's good,
pile [D]up what's bad
And [A]then I'd strike the match
Yeah, [D]we'd go back to the basics
Of how things ought to [G]be
Yeah, there'd be a lot [Dm]of changes[D]
If [A]it was left up [D]to me
[G][Chorus] Cause

[Verse 2]
[D]
what this country [F]needs
[D]Is [G]a little more steel [D]guitar
And put a litte fiddle right in the middle
[Dm]Straight [E]out of a texas [A]bar
And [D]give us a song, we can all sing along
From sea to shining [G]sea
Be proud of it and al[D]ways love it
That's [A]what this country [D]need

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
Now if [Dm]you want to hear about [D]livin'
Just [G]twist that radio dial
[Dm]Til you come to a singer singi[D]n'
What [A]life is all about
Cause [D]you can't deny that
people still cry
[Dm]They laugh and [D]they smile [G]and the[D]y hur[G]t
And that's my humble opin[D]ion why'all
You [A]can take it for what [D]it's worth

[Interlude 2]
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[Dm]
[Chor[D]us] Yeah,

[Verse 4]
[G]
turn it on up and let it ring out
[D]Across the land of the free
They ought to [E]build a statue
of hand Williams, Sr.
In [A]Washington,

[Interlude 3]
D.C.
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[Verse 5]
[Chorus] [D]You
[G]just be proud of it and al
[D]ways [A]love [D]it[Dm][D]
[G]And[D] tha[A]t's what this country needs.

[Outro 1]
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