Gods Country

	  		
Intro: B5 B5 Bm 
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Verse 1:
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Right outside of this one church town 
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There's a gold dirt road to a whole lot of nothin' 
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Got a deed to the land, but it ain't my ground 
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This is God's country....... 
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We pray for rain, and thank Him when it's fallen 
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Cause it brings the grain and a little bit of money 
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We put it back in the plate 
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I guess that's why they call it God's country....... 


 
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I saw the light in a sunrise 
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Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside 
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Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine with the dogs runnin' 
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Saved by the sound of the been found 
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Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound 
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The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around 
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This is God's country.... 


Verse 2:
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We turn the dirt and work until the week's done 
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We take a break and break bread on Sunday 
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Then do it all again 
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Cause we're proud to be from God's country (Yeah) 


  Bm                 Bm 
I saw the light in a sunrise 
        D                   D 
Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside 
        E                E                         Bm           Bm 
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine with the dogs runnin' 
      Bm                  Bm 
Saved by the sound of the been found 
      D                     D 
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound 
    E                              E 
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around 
        Bm              Bm 
This is God's country..... 


Bridge:
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This is God'S country..... 


Verse 3:
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I don't care what my headstone reads 
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Or what kind of pinewood box I end up in 
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When it's my time, lay me six feet deep 
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In God's country (yeah) 


 
 Bm                 Bm 
I saw the light in a sunrise 
        D                   D 
Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside 
        E                E                         Bm            Bm 
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine with the dogs runnin' (dogs runnin') 
      Bm                  Bm 
Saved by the sound of the been found 
      D                     D 
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound 
    E                              E 
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around 
        Bm             Bm 
This is God's country (God's country) 

      Bm                   Bm 
Yeah, I saw the light in a sunrise 
        D                   D 
Sittin' back in a 40 on the muddy riverside 
        E                E                         Bm            Bm 
Gettin' baptized in holy water and 'shine with the dogs runnin' (dogs runnin') 
      Bm                  Bm 
Saved by the sound of the been found 
      D                     D 
Dixie whistled in the wind, that'll get you Heaven bound 
    E                              E 
The Devil went down to Georgia but he didn't stick around 
        Bm             Bm 
This is God's country (God's country)