The City Beat Me Back Home
Davin James, Davin James Music / BMI
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(intro C D G) G C D This old Farm to Market road used to be gravel C D But now it's a four lane black top road heavy traveled G C There used to be some woods around here D G You never seen so many deer C F C Well I wonder where they all are now D Looks like we cut 'em all down (chorus) (last repeat) (a) (d) G C And it's a shame to see things change (e) (d) (a) D C G Everything's looking so strange (d) (g) (d) (e) C F C D We used to be out in the country right around here (a) (d) G C I hate to see the timber fall (e) (d) (a) D C G I hate to see another mall (d) C I went out to the country (e) (a) D G the city beat me back home G C D Those old bright lights of the city kept on callin' C D And they sounded a whole lot better than the hay I was haulin' G C Now I've had my stint underneath the bright lights D G And haulin' hay sounds mighty nice C F C But the pasture that I used to bale D Is buried under concrete hell (Chorus) (repeat chorus in A- tabbed in small letters in parenthesis (a)