Acid Country

	  		Verse 1 
 
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Mama made us listen to Pink Floyd and Floyd Kramer. 
 
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We had three square meals of mushrooms and cornbread. 
 
          G                                             C 
Mama's kitchen smelled a lot like inscents and cathead biscuts. 
 
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We'd watch Porter and Dolly and throw on the Greatful Dead. 
 
 
 
Chorus 1 
 
 
           C              G 
Born and raised on, Acid Country 
 
                                          D 
Eatin' turnip greens and a handful of Nebutol 
 
        G 
Yeah daddy couldn't take it he had to go 
 
         C 
You can't play Hendrix on a banjo 
 
         G                           D                   G 
Mama "walked the floor" and laid "another brick in the wall" 
 
 
Verse 2 
 
 
 G                                   C 
Our heroes were Roy Acuff and Abby Hoffman 
 
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We grew up outside of Woodstock Tennessee 
 
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Listenin' to Farron Young and a side of Inna Godda Davida 
 
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Mama made a well rounded outcast out of me 
 
 
Chorus 2 
 
            C              G 
Born and raised on acid country 
   
  G                                         D 
Eatin' cold hamhocks and a handfull of placidyl 
 
        G 
Yeah daddy couldn't take it he had to go  
 
         C 
Playin Alice Cooper on a dobro 
 
          G                        D                    G 
Wearin' leather hip huggers and workin in the cotton mills 
 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
 
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And "if you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding" 
 
                                              D 
And son your "walkin' on the Fightin' side of me" 
 
          G                                C 
Yeah "excuse me while I kiss the sky","I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" 
 
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And Chet Adkins playin' the guitar on the MTV 
 
 
Ohh Ooo Ohh 
 
 
Chorus 3 
 
            C                  G 
Born and raised on, Acid Country 
 
                                                     D 
Makin' "smoke on the water" sound a lot like "Uncle Pen" 
 
       G 
And daddy couldn't take it he had to go 
 
            C 
You can't mix Deep Purple with Bill Monroe roe roe hey! 
 
          G             D               G 
And "sunshine of your love" while yodeling.