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by Johnny Cash


Country Trash
By Johnny Cash

This is a real easy three chord song, from the one and only Man in Black.
(I'm not sure what the actual key is, but it's a simple task to modulate accordingly, 
only three chords to think about.)

Verse 1:
                                 
I got a crib full of corn, and a turnin' plow
                              
But the grounds to wet for the hopper now.
                       
Got a cultivator and a double tree
                       
A leather line for the hull and gee
                                         (pause)
Let the thunder roll and the lighting flash
                      
I'm doing alright for Country Trash

Verse 2:
                          
I'm saving up dimes for a rainy day
                     
I got about a dollar laid away
                                 
The winds from the south and the fishings good
                            
Got a pot belly stove and a quart of wood
                             (pause)
Mama turns the left-overs into hash
                       
I'm doing alright for Country Trash

Verse 3:

                       
I got a machina and a hunting dog
                         
A cap I ordered from the catalog
                       
A good tall tree that shades the yard
                       
A good fat sow for the winters lard
                                 (pause)
Let the thunder roll and the lighting flash
                       
I'm doing alright for Country Trash

Verse 4:

                                 
Well there's not much new ground left to plow
                        
And the crops need fertilizer now
                       
My hands don't earn me too much gold
                 
For security when I grow old
                          (pause)
But we'll all be equal under the grass
                           
And God's got a heaven for Country Trash


                       
God's got a heaven for Country Trash
                          
I'll be doing alright for Country Trash