G Well they say that I'm too country the way I look and sound D7 They wanna to make me over just a little more uptown G C Say I need to change my image now tell me what that means G C D7 G Don't they know I've got country in my genes Well I can't help the way I talk I wouldn't change it if I could
D7 Sophisticated ain't my style but country fits me good G C I ain't ashamed to wear what's been handed down to me G C D7 G Lord I've got country in my genes C I've got country in my genes country in my blood G It goes back generations it's something I'm proud of C It's something I was born with what you get is what you see A7 D7 I'm just an old hilly-billy with a country song to sing G C D7 G Lord I've got country in my genes If country's hit the big time me I'm still the same D7 I ain't above my raisin' and I ain't about to change G C I wouldn't trade my Wranglers for the finest gabardine G C D7 G Lord I've got country in my genes Well I can't help the way I talk I wouldn't change it if I could D7 Sophisticated ain't my style but country fits me good G C I ain't ashamed to wear what's been handed down to me G C D7 G Lord I've got country in my genes C I've got country in my genes country in my blood G It goes back generations it's something I'm proud of C It's something I was born with what you get is what you see A7 D7 I'm just an old hilly-billy with a country song to sing G C D7 G Lord I've got country in my genes C D7 G