David Allan Coe – A Country Boy Who Rolled The Rock Away (Guitar)

Capo 2 Video Lesson
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Chords

[Intro] | C Csus4 | C Csus4 | [Verse 1]
          C                      Dm
Hank rode in from Alabam to be a star

        G                                   C
Playin' songs he wrote on an ol' flattop guitar

                                Dm
Legend has it he did it his own way

  G                                C

[Chorus]
[tab]                                          Dm
He was a country boy who rolled the rock away

G                              C   G7
Turned us on by what he had to say

            C                              Dm
Though he's dead and gone he's livin' on today

  G                                C  Csus4 C Csus4
A country boy who rolled the rock away
[Verse 2]
           C                          Dm
He stormed out of Lubbock Texas and became

   G                             C
An overnight sensation household name

                                     Dm
From Peggy Sue to his last True Love Ways

       G                                C
Just a country boy who rolled the rock away
[Chorus]
                                          Dm
He was a country boy who rolled the rock away

G                              C   G7
Turned us on by what he had to say

            C                              Dm
Though he's dead and gone he's livin' on today

  G                                C
A country boy who rolled the rock away

[Solo]
          F                    C
e|-------------1---------1---------------------------|
B|---------0h1---4-3-0h1---4-3------1---------1------|
G|--------------------------------0---3-2---0---3-2--|
D|---0-1-2----------------------2---------2----------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

   G          F          C                  D   D
e|-----3-1--------1----------------------------------|
B|---0-----3----0---4-3------1-----------------------|
G|-0----------0----------------3---------------------|
D|-----------------------0h2-----1h2-----------------|
A|-----------------------------------3--3-4-5--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
                           Em
From Memphis Tennessee in 55

  A                                 D
A Tupelo cat brought rock'n roll to life

                                              Em
And that Rockabilly sound it's still around today

         A                                D
He was a country boy who rolled the rock away
[Chorus]
                                          Em
He was a country boy who rolled the rock away

A                              D   A7
Turned us on by what he had to say

            D                              Em
Though he's dead and gone he's livin' on today

  A                                D
A country boy who rolled the rock away

A                D                                 Em
  Just three old country boys who rolled the rock away

A                                D   A7
Turned us on by what they had to say

               D                                 Em
Though they're dead and gone they're livin' on today

          A                                 D
They were country boys who rolled the rock away

                                                 Em  A
Yes, they were country boys who rolled the rock away