COUNTRIER THAN THOU
Robbie Fulks
Album: Georgia Hard
Submitted: Christopher R.
1/10/2024

COLD/START (no intro)

  (D5) Countrier than thou
  (G5) Countrier than thou
  You weren't raised in a shack
  So you (D5) better not act so
  (A5) Countrier than (D5) thou

Some people (D) just don't understand it
If you come from where the kudzu (A) grows
They think the (D) south is like a pl(G)anet
Of (D) peckerwoods and (A) boz(D)os
When I was (D) young I picked some goobers
Even took a swig of moonsh(A)ine
But I never (D) saw so many (G) goobers
Un(A)til the day I crossed that (D) line

  Countrier than thou
  Countrier than thou
  You wasn't born in a cave
  So you better not behave so
  Countrier than thou

Down at the bar a-spinnin' Haggard
He wore a Johnny Reb tattoo
Overalls, he spat and swaggered
Lord, he was a Boston Jew
He loved bluegrass, oh brother
When I said Shania he sneered
"That's a word I wouldn't utter
"We like to keep it down-home up here"

  Countrier than thou
  Countrier than thou 
  You ain't never read your Bible
  Tell me why's your vibe all
  Countrier than thou?

(Guitar Solo)

    Down (A) home is nice and Dixie's nice
    And (D) everyone likes a thing that's nice
    But (E) everybody likes you better by far
    When you (A) are what you are
    Not a (NC) hillbilly dilettante, fair-weather hick
    Demi-clod, faux po'folks, well-readneck
    Robert-E.-come-lately
    (D5) Hayseed wanna-be
    Undercover Yankee
    Mississip- Ph. D
    Alabam-ateur, 50% less Tarheel
    Armchair Arkansan

--PAUSE--

He's got a ranch, he wears a Stetson
He's a hip-shootin' ex-oil king
Even talks like Buddy Ebsen
But he's sittin' in the West Wing
Frankenstein I'm well aware of
But won't somebody please explain
How you get a county sheriff
Walkin' with a frat-boy's brain

  (D5) Countrier than thou
  (G5) Countrier than thou
  Well you went to Andover
  (D5) What's the banjo fer?
  (A5) Countrier than (D5) thou
  Yeah, Countrier than (G5) thou
  You wasn't (D5) raised in a shack
  So you (A5) better not act so
  Countrier than (D5) thou