INTRO:
NONE

CHORUS:
       Am                           C
When I die, I wanna come back as a country boy
           Am                             E
No, there ain't no better life if you ask me
       Am                            C
If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead
          D                              C     Am G Am  Am
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be


VERSE:
    Am                          C
My back is always breaking, my dogs are always barking
    D                               Am
My money has trouble making and my truck has trouble starting
    Am                         C
I'm up before the sun, either hauling hay or hunting
    D                                Am
My work ain't ever done, but son, I wouldn't trade it for nothing


CHORUS:
          Am                           C
So when I die, I wanna come back as a country boy
           Am                             E
No, there ain't no better life if you ask me
       Am                            C
If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead
          D                              C     Am
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be


VERSE:
            C                           D
Yeah, if y'all ain't in my drawl and a fish ain't on my wall
         Am
And the whiskey don't burn going down
    C                           D
My feet ain't in a holler, and blue ain't on my collar
 E                                                Am   Am
Leave my Hank-cranking, beer-drinking ass in the ground


CHORUS:
       G     Am                          C
Yeah, when I die I wanna come back as a country boy
           Am                             E
No, there ain't no better life if you ask me
       Am                            C
If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead
          D                              C     Am
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be


INSTRUMENTAL/G  O:
Am  C  Am  E


BDA K:
       Am                          C
When I die I wanna come back as a country boy
              Am                             E
Live on this land like my old man did before me
         Am                                  C
I don't wanna be born into money, where the boots don't ever get muddy
          D                              C     Am
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be


CHORUS:
             Am                           C
Yeah, when I die, I wanna come back as a country boy
           Am                             E
No, there ain't no better life if you ask me
       Am                            C
If my neck don't come out red, then Lord, just keep me dead
          D                              C     Am
'Cause a country boy is all that I know how to be

         D                      C             Am  Am  Am
Yeah, a country boy is all that I know how to be