A COUNTRY BOY (WHO ROLLED THE ROCK AWAY)
David Allan Coe
Album: The Essential David Allan Coe
Submitted by: Christopher R.
7/24/2021

Intro: ([D]) ([Dsus4]) ([D]) ([Dsus4])

Hank ([D]) rolled out of Alabam' to be a ([Em]) star
Playin' ([A7]) songs he wrote on an ol' flattop guit([D])ar
Legend has it he did it his own ([Em]) way
A ([A7]) country boy who rolled the rock a([D])way

   He was a ([D]) country boy who rolled the rock a([Em])way
   ([A7]) Turned us on by what he had to ([D]) say
   Though he's dead and gone he's livin' on to([Em])day
   A( [A7]) country boy who rolled the rock a([D])way

He stormed out of Lubbock Texas and became
An overnight sensation household name
From "Peggy Sue" to his last "True Love Ways"
Just a country boy who rolled the rock away

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From Memphis Tennessee in 55
A Tupelo cat brought rock 'n roll to life
And that Rockabilly sound it's still around today
He was a country boy who rolled the rock away

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They were ([D]) country boys who rolled the rock a([Em])way
([A7]) Turned us on by what they had to ([D]) say
Though they're dead and gone they're livin' on to([Em])day
They were ([A7]) country boys who rolled the rock a([E])way