Country Boy Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays407

Country Boy by JD McPherson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C7, F and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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Intro: C7  
                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      Bb 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
           C7                         F 
I’ll be a country boy the rest of my days. 

                       F 
I ain’t nothing but an old farmhand 
                       F 
I ain’t nothing but an old farmhand 
                       Bb 
I ain’t nothing but an old farmhand 
          C7                      F 
I’ll be a farmhand the rest of my days. 

              F 
Well, I done plow the mule  
  F 
across the field 
     F    
More than you done rode  
      F 
in an automobile 

                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      Bb 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
           C7                         F 
I’ll be a country boy the rest of my days. 

             F 
Well, I work hard every year 
   F 
I save my bread 
              F             F 
I ain’t gonna let you women go to my head 

                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      Bb 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
           C7                         F 
I’ll be a country boy the rest of my days. 

Verse Solo 
F / F / Bb / F / C7 Bb / F 
  
              F 
Well, I done plow the mule  
  F 
across the field 
     F    
More than you done rode  
      F 
in an automobile 

                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      Bb 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
           C7                         F 
I’ll be a country boy the rest of my days. 

                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      F 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
                      Bb 
I ain’t nothing but a country boy 
           C7                         F 
I’ll be a country boy the rest of my days. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante