Artist: Don Williams | Song: Lord Mercy On Country Boy

Artist/Band: Williams Don Tabs
Song: Lord Mercy On Country Boy Tab

Capo 1st Fret 
Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy - Don Williams 
 
[E] Well I grew up [B7] wild and [E] free 
[B7] Walking these [E] fields in [B7] my bare-[E] feet 
There wasn't no place [B7] I couldn't [E] go 
With a [B7] 22 [E] rifle and a [B7] fishing [E] pole 
 
Chorus 
[E7] Well I [A] live in the [E] city 
But [B7] don't fit [E] in 
You [C#m] know it's a pity the shape [B7] I'm [E] in 
[E7] But I [A] got no [E] home and I [B7] got no [E] choice 
Oh [C#m] Lord have mercy on a [B7] country [E] boy 
 
When I was young [B7] I remember [E] well 
[B7] I'd hunt the wild [E] turkey and the [B7] bob white [E] whale 
The river was clear and [B7] deep back [E] then 
Had [B7] fishing [E] lines tied to the [B7] willow [E] limb 
 
Chorus 
 
Well they dammed the river, they [B7] dammed the [E] stream 
[B7] They cut down the [E] cypress and [B7] sweet-gum [E] trees 
There's a Laundromat and a [B7] barber [E] shop 
And [B7] now the whole [E] meadow is a [B7] parking [E] lot 
 
Chorus 
 
Joe Harvie 
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