🎸 Chorus: Am C When I die, I wanna come back as a country boy Am E7 No, there ain't no better life if you ask me Am C If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead D E7 'Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be 🎸 Intro: Am
🎸 Verse: Am C My back is always breaking, my dogs are always barking D Am My money has trouble making and my truck has trouble starting Am C I'm up before the sun, either hauling hay or hunting D Am My work ain't ever done, but son, I wouldn't trade it for nothing 🎸 Chorus: Am C When I die, I wanna come back as a country boy Am E7 No, there ain't no better life if you ask me Am C If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead D C Am 'Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be 🎸 Verse: C D Yeah, if y'all ain't in my drawl and a fish ain't on my wall Am And the whiskey don't burn going down C D My feet ain't in a holler, and blue ain't on my collar E7 Am Leave my Hank-cranking, beer-drinking ass in the ground 🎸 Chorus: Am C Yeah, When I die, I wanna come back as a country boy Am E7 No, there ain't no better life if you ask me Am C If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead D C Am 'Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be 🎸 Instrumental: Am C Am E7 🎸 Chorus: Am C When I die I wanna come back as a country boy Am E7 Live on this land like my old man did before me Am C I don't wanna be born into money, where the boots don't ever get muddy D C Am 'Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be 🎸 Outro: Am C When I die, I wanna come back as a country boy Am E7 No, there ain't no better life if you ask me Am C If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead D C Am 'Cause a country boy's all that I know how to be D C Am Yeah, a country boy's all that I know how to be G Am G Am