I sit for hours up above the town me and my old blue tick
hound on a summer ni[G]ght got you on my mind
[C]From time to time he tries to cheer me up but so far he
ain't had much luck nothing [G]he can do got these doggone
blu[G]es [D/F#][Em]
Moonlight shinin do[Bm]wn on the riv[C]er I [Em]remember swim[Bm]min
tog[C]ether do[Em]wn on main theres a pic[Bm]ture sho[C]w all[Am] those
nights on the ve[D]ry last row
(chorus)
I'm[C] just a country boy this is how a country boy mis[G]ses you
thinkin bout the be[C]tter days turnin back the memories
thats al[G]l I [D/F#]do I s[Em]pend my days where we [Bm]used to go[C]
sh[Am]ootin tin cans off that old[D] fence post I'm j[Am]ust a
country boy and thi[D/B]s is how a cou[C]ntry boy misses y[G]ou
[C]This morning we drove by your house I could't help but
stop and get out saw yo[G]ur mama smile said how ya doin
child h[C]ow bout somthin ice cold to drink no I ain't heard
from her all week I'll tell her [G]hi tell her you stopped[D/F#] by
F[Em]ine ma'am I'll be[Bm] on my w[C]ay dro[Em]ve the back roads the
r[Bm]est of the d[C]ay i[Em]t dead ended in a fi[Bm]eld of co[C]rn I [Am]hung my
head and la[D]id on the horn
(chorus)
(bridge)
[G]I guess [D/F#]these s[Em]mall town dreams will n[Bm]ever come t[C]rue
T[Am]hat big city's got a h[D]old on you
(solo) C G C G D/F# Em
Spend my days wh[Bm]ere we us[C]ed to go sho[Am]otin tin cans off [D]an
old fence post I'm just a cou[Am]ntry boy and this[D/B] is how a
co[C]untry boy misses you
Misses yo[G]u
hound on a summer ni[G]ght got you on my mind
[C]From time to time he tries to cheer me up but so far he
ain't had much luck nothing [G]he can do got these doggone
blu[G]es [D/F#][Em]
Moonlight shinin do[Bm]wn on the riv[C]er I [Em]remember swim[Bm]min
tog[C]ether do[Em]wn on main theres a pic[Bm]ture sho[C]w all[Am] those
nights on the ve[D]ry last row
(chorus)
I'm[C] just a country boy this is how a country boy mis[G]ses you
thinkin bout the be[C]tter days turnin back the memories
thats al[G]l I [D/F#]do I s[Em]pend my days where we [Bm]used to go[C]
sh[Am]ootin tin cans off that old[D] fence post I'm j[Am]ust a
country boy and thi[D/B]s is how a cou[C]ntry boy misses y[G]ou
[C]This morning we drove by your house I could't help but
stop and get out saw yo[G]ur mama smile said how ya doin
child h[C]ow bout somthin ice cold to drink no I ain't heard
from her all week I'll tell her [G]hi tell her you stopped[D/F#] by
F[Em]ine ma'am I'll be[Bm] on my w[C]ay dro[Em]ve the back roads the
r[Bm]est of the d[C]ay i[Em]t dead ended in a fi[Bm]eld of co[C]rn I [Am]hung my
head and la[D]id on the horn
(chorus)
(bridge)
[G]I guess [D/F#]these s[Em]mall town dreams will n[Bm]ever come t[C]rue
T[Am]hat big city's got a h[D]old on you
(solo) C G C G D/F# Em
Spend my days wh[Bm]ere we us[C]ed to go sho[Am]otin tin cans off [D]an
old fence post I'm just a cou[Am]ntry boy and this[D/B] is how a
co[C]untry boy misses you
Misses yo[G]u
