John Denver – Boy From The Country (Guitar)

    G      Gmaj7  G6     G/D    D      D7sus4 D7     C      C/B    Am
e|--3------2------0------3------2------3------2------0------0------0---------|
B|--0------0------0------3------3------1------1------1------1------1---------|
G|--0------0------0------4------2------2------2------0------0------2---------|
D|--0------0------0------0------0------0------0------2------2------2---------|
A|--2------2------2------x------x------x------x------3------2------0---------|
E|--3------3------3------x------x------x------x------x------x------x---------|

           G     Gmaj7   G6   G/D           G      Gmaj7   G6   G/D
Because he called                the forest brother

           D     D7sus4   D   D7sus4              G     Gmaj7   G6   G/D
Because he called                   the earth his mother

               C   C/B   Am   D7          G    Gmaj7   G6   G/D
They drove him out               into the rain

     D           D7sus4   D            D7sus4      G     Gmaj7   G6   G/D
Some people even said the boy from the country was insane

           G    Gmaj7   G6      G/D         G    Gmaj7   G6   G/D 
Because he spoke           with fish in the creek

            D       D7sus4   D          D7sus4        G    Gmaj7   G6   G/D
He tried to tell us            that the animals could speak

    C    C/B   Am   D7              G   Gmaj7   G6   G/D 
Who knows,             perhaps they do 

    D                D7sus4       D                   D7sus4    G   Gmaj7   G6   G/D
How do you know they don't just because they've never spoken to you

D              D7sus4   D             D7sus4           G    Gmaj7   G6   G/D
  Boy from the country,   he left his home when he was young

D              D7sus4   D   D7sus4             G   Gmaj7   G6   G/D
  Boy from the country,           he loves the sun

            G      Gmaj7   G6               G/D      G   Gmaj7   G6   G/D
He tried to tell us          that we should love the land

        D                    D7sus4   D         D7sus4       G    Gmaj7   G6   G/D     
We just turned our heads and laughed     see we did not understand

    C                 C/B          Am             D7           G   Gmaj7   G6   G/D      
Sometimes I think the boy from the country is the only one who sees

            D            D7sus4          D             D7sus4         G    Gmaj7   G6   G/D
Because the boy from the country doesn't wanna see the forest for the trees

D              D7sus4   D             D7sus4           G    Gmaj7   G6   G/D            
  Boy from the country,   he left his home when he was young

D              D7sus4   D   D7sus4             G   Gmaj7   G6   G/D
  Boy from the country,           he loves the sun