What Happened To Country

Intro
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Verse 1
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My hands are tired, from payin my bills,
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I'm starinn' at a bottle,aimin'to kill,
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Weeks passin' by and the seasons to change,
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And I’m playing the song,
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Tryina make me a name.

Interlude
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Verse 2
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People wil say as they walk out the bar,
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"Kids goin’ places maybe even a star",
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They don’t play country down in Nashville today,
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Just the same chord progression,
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With nothin’ to say.

Chorus
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What happened to country,
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Three chords and the truth,
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Who’s gonna step up,
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And fill their big shoes?
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Writing songs about outlaws,
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And singin' it all night,
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And songs that’ll make a grown man cry.

Interlude
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Verse 3
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They use autotune now down on music row,
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'Cause true country died there a long time ago,
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No, they don’t play Waylon on the boulevard,
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But they’ll do anything to be rock stars.

Chorus
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What happened to country,
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Three chords and the truth,
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Who’s gonna step up,
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And fill their big shoes?
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Writing songs about outlaws,
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And singin' it all night,
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And songs that’ll make a grown man cry.

Interlude
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Verse 4
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Well I do believe there is hope for us yet,
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'Cause there’s millions of people who cannot forget,
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The way Johnny Cash brought tears to their eye,
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Or how Marty Robbins painted Texas skies.

Outro
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What happened to country,
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Three chords and the truth,
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Who’s gonna step up,
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And fill their big shoes?
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Writing songs about outlaws,
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And singing it all night,
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And songs that’ll make grown man cry.
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A grown man cry,
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Grown man cry,
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I won’t let country die,
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