Country Kid

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste As recorded by The Avett Brothers (2024 release) [Verse 1] G I was a country kid through and through C I got my bare feet bit by a wreckin' crew D7 G D7 Of fire ants on a mission for total domination of the font yard [Verse 2] G Three years old on a ramshackle farm C Winnie-the-Pooh in the crook of my arm D7 G D7 Brother and sister not meaning no harm, pickin' on me [Verse 3] G I was a country kid with a strong foundation C D7 Gettin' myself a whole second education in the back of the bus G D7 Kids kissin' and cussin' all around me [Verse 4] G One more pickup in the trailer park C Hand to mouth, livin'll break a young heart D7 G Beautiful girl with a hard, hard look in her eyes [Chorus] C Then I grew up and hit the city G But the skyscrapers never get me A7 I fly above 'em all the time, straight through cloud nine D7 Flowing fast like the Mississippi [Verse 5] G I was a country kid shootin' hoops in the dirt C Hidin' smokes in the pocket of a homemade shirt D7 G D7 Runnin' laps in the yard until my little legs hurt and then goin' again [Verse 6] G Six feet of air off a plywood ramp C Dad's welding machine parked where I would land D7 All I could taste was blood, all I could feel were the rocks G D7 In the palms of my hands [Verse 7] G I was a country kid throwin' parties in the woods C Draggin' my friends out of their neighborhoods D7 G D7 Jealous of their cable TV and their girls next door [Verse 8] G Slippin' off into the dark of night C The shape of a body traced by moonlight D7 G Interrupted by some other kid wantin' to fight over her [Chorus] C Then I grew up and hit the city G But the skyscrapers never get me A7 I fly above 'em all the time, straight through cloud nine D7 Flowing fast like the Mississippi N.C. Flowing fast like the Mississippi N.C. Woo! [Fiddle Solo] G B C C# G D G B C G D G C G A7 D N.C. [Verse 9] A I was a country kid D Now I'm grown, with a job and a wife and a son of my own E A E Navigatin' time zones, inspectin' the bones of the second half [Verse 9] A Talkin' to God a little more often D Less requests and more sayin', "Thank you" E A For every single town and every single acre in between [Out-Chorus] D 'Cause I grew up and hit the city A But that metropolis'll never get me B7 I fly above it all the time, straight through cloud nine E Flowing fast like the Mississippi D Yeah, I grew up and hit the city A But the skyscrapers never get me B7 I fly above 'em all the time, straight through cloud nine E Flowing fast like the Mississippi