[Verse 1]
F
You never get too big, you never get too heavy
You never get too cool, that you stop payin' your dues
Bb F
Oh Yeah, what can a poor boy do?
C Bb F
You better go back to your mama, she'll take care of you
[Verse 2]
F
Lost your wife, lost your son
Stayed out drinkin' 'till the morning come
Bb F
Oh Yeah, what can a poor boy do?
C Bb F
You better go back to your mama, she'll take care of you
[Chorus 1]
F
Country girl, take my hand
Bb
Lead me through this diseased land
F C
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
F
I have stole, I have sinned
Bb
Oh my soul, It's unclean
F C F
Country girl got to keep on keeping on
[Verse 3]
F
Crazy women, mess your head
Wake up drunk & bleeding, in some strange bed
Bb F
Oh yeah, what can a poor boy do?
C Bb F
You better go back to your mama, she'll take care of you
[Chorus 2]
F
Country girl, take my hand
Bb
Lead me through this diseased land
F C
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
F
I have stole, I have sinned
Bb
Oh my soul, It's unclean
F C F
Country girl got to keep on keeping on
[Bridge]
F Bb F
You gotta keep on keepin' on
F Bb F
You gotta keep on keepin' on
F Bb F
You gotta keep on keepin' on
F C (Stop) F
When you........got the riot city blues
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
F
One thing I have to sat, before I have to go
Be careful with your seed, you will just reap just what you sow
Bb F
Oh Yeah, what can a poor boy do? What can I do?
C Bb F
You better go back to your mama, she'll take care of you.....One last time
[Chorus 3&4]
F
Country girl, take my hand
Bb
Lead me through this diseased land
F C
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
F
I have stole, I have sinned
Bb
Oh my soul, It's unclean
F C F
Country girl got to keep on keeping on
F
Country girl, take my hand
Bb
Lead me through this diseased land
F C
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn
F
I have stole, I have sinned
Bb
Oh my soul, It's unclean
F C F
Country girl got to keep on keeping on
[Ending]
F C Bb F
Country girl got to keep on keeping on
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