Intro A E B7 E Verse E Pick a little cotton, and put it in the wagon E B7 Take it to the gin and then B7 Get yourself some money, and take out your honey B7 E And do it all over again E Oh, that's a life of a country boy E A He works from sun to sun A E He's just a hard workin' country lad B7 E But he's a happy son of a gun. E He's just a hard workin' country boy out on the farm E B7 Workin' from dawn to dusk B7 A pickin' the cotton, A plowin' the fields B7 E And doin' the things he must E But on Saturday he'll head for town E A To have himself a little fun A E And when he's stompin' on a honky tonk hardwood floor B7 E He's a happy son of a gun. Instrumental E B7 E A E B7 E Verse E Well, a country boy's got a wearied back E B7 Cause workin' is all he's known B7 He ain't got much just a blackland farm B7 E But that blackland farm's his own E He don't have to answer to any man E A And worries has he none A E And you can tell by lookin' this country boy's B7 E Just a happy son of a gun. E He's just a hard workin' country boy out on the farm E B7 Workin' from dawn to dusk B7 A pickin' the cotton, A plowin' the fields B7 E And doin' the things he must E But on Saturday he'll head for town E A To have himself a little fun A E And when he's stompin' on a honky tonk hardwood floor B7 E He's a happy son of a gun. Outro A E Now, when he's stompin' on a honky tonk hardwood floor B7 E He's a happy son of a gun