Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Key: C Difficulty: Novice Verse: C D G Country DJ's knows that I'm an outlaw. G C They'd never come to see me in this dive. C G D/F# Em Where bikers stare at cowboys who are laughen' at the hippies. Am D Who are prayen' they'll get out of her alive.
C D G The loud mouth in the corners gett'en to me. G C Talking about my earrings and my hair. C G D/F# Em I guess he aint read the sign that says I've been to prison. Am D Someone aught to warn him, before I knock him off his chair. C D G Cause my long hair just can't cover up my redneck. G C I've won every fight I've ever faught. C G D/F# Em And I don't need some turkey telling me that I ain't country. Am D Say'en I aint worth a damn on, ticket that he bought. Chorus: G C Cause I can sing all those songs about Texas, D G D And I still do all the sad one's that I know. G C They tell me, I look like Merle Haggard, Am D And sound alot like David Allen Coe. Verse: C D G And the barmaid in the last town that we played in G C Knew the words to every song I wrote C G D/F# Em She said Jimmy Rabbit turned her on to my last album Am D Just about the time the jukebox broke C D G Yeah, Johnny Cash helped me get out of prison G C Long before Rodriguez stole that goat C G D/F# Em I've been the rhinestone cowboy for so long I can't remember Am D And I can do you every song Hank Williams ever wrote Chorus: G C Cause I can sing all those songs about Texas, D G D And I still do all the sad one's that I know. G C They tell me, I look like Merle Haggard, Am D And sound alot like David Allen Coe. Outro: C D G Country DJ's knows that I'm an outlaw. G C They'd never come to see me in this dive. C G D/F# Em Where bikers stare at cowboys who are laughen' at the hippies. Am D Who are prayen' they'll get out of her alive. C D G The loudmouth in the corner's gettin' to me G C Talkin' 'bout my earrings and my hair...