God's Country

	  		
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Verse 1:
Bm 
Right outside of this one church town 
          D 
There's a gold, dirt road to a whole lot of nothin' 
      A 
Got a deed to the land but it ain't my ground 
        Bm 
This is God's country 
Bm 
We pray for rain, thankin' when it fallen 
D 
'Cause it brings a grain and a little bit of money 
   A 
We put it back in the play 
                                Bm 
I guess that's why they call it God's country 

 
Bm 
I saw the light in the sunrise 
        D 
Sittin' back in a 40 in a muddy riverside 
        A 
Gettin' baptised in holy water and 'shine 
         Bm 
With the dogs running 
Bm 
Saved by the sound of the been found 
       D 
Mixin' whistle in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound 
    A 
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around 
        Bm 
This is God's country 



Verse 2:
 
Bm 
We turned the dirt and worked until the week's done 
D 
We take a break and break bread on sun 
A 
And then do it all again 
                              Bm 
'Cause we're proud to be from God's country (Yeah, yeah) 
 

 
Bm 
I saw the light in the sunrise 
        D 
Sittin' back in a 40 in a muddy riverside 
        A 
Gettin' baptised in holy water and 'shine 
         Bm 
With the dogs running 
Bm 
Saved by the sound of the been found 
       D 
Mixin' whistle in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound 
    A 
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around 
        Bm 
This is God's country (yeah) 



Interlude 

Bm D A Bm 

(This is God's country) 

God's country 


Bridge 
Bm 
I don't care what my headstone reads 
    D 
And what kind of pine wood box I end up in 
A 
When it's my time, lay me six feet deep 
   Bm 
In God's country (Yeah, yeah) 


Bm 
I saw the light in the sunrise 
        D 
Sittin' back in a 40 in a muddy riverside 
        A 
Gettin' baptised in holy water and 'shine 
         Bm 
With the dogs running 
Bm 
Saved by the sound of the been found 
       D 
Mixin' whistle in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound 
    A 
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around 
        Bm 
This is God's country (God's country) 
Bm 
I saw the light in the sunrise 
        D 
Sittin' back in a 40 in a muddy riverside 
        A 
Gettin' baptised in holy water and 'shine 
         Bm 
With the dogs running 
Bm 
Saved by the sound of the been found 
       D 
Mixin' whistle in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound 
    A 
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around 
        Bm 
This is God's country