John Anderson – Takin The Country Back (Ukulele)

#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# #This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation # #of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or # #research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or some other monospaced # #font. See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information. # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: "Jim and Donna Lawrence" <[email protected]> Subject: a/anderson_john/takin_the_country_back.crd Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:59:18 -0400 Song: Takin' the Country Back CD: Takin' the Country Back - Mercury Records - 1997 Sung By: John Anderson Written By: Curtis Wright and Marty Stuart Let's take the country back!! Intro: C F C (x2)? C F C

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  Goin' down to Muscle Shoals * Where the swamp water rhythm

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  flows * Live the only way I know * I'm just a common man * Headed

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  down to Texas way * Where the honky tonk heroes play * Gonna find

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  that lost highway * That's where I'll make a stand *

Chorus:

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  Takin' the country back * It's high time we face the facts * Heart and

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  soul slippin' through the cracks * We're takin' the country back *

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  Takin' the country back * We're not sure just where it's at * We've

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  got to get it back on track * We're takin' the country back *

(same chords as above) Bright lights and limousines * Fame and fortune I have seen * Still searchin' for that dream * It's callin' me back home * Down to earth where the music's real * Singin' 'bout what the people feel * Timeless truth, now that's the deal * We got to pass in on, y'all * (Chorus x 3) (after 3 chorus) C F C C F C

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  We're takin' the country back * Takin' the country on back *

Transcribed by: M. Lawrence - 9/24/98