---()--- (verse 1) E If I was a running this country, A E I'd start it over from scratch, E Keep what's good pile up what's bad, B And then I'd strike the match, E Yeah we go back to the basics, A Of how things ought to be, E Yeah there'd be a line of changes, B E If it was left up to me,(verse 2) E Now if you want to hear about living A E Just twist that radio dial E B You come to a singer singing what life's all about E But you can't deny that people still cry A They laugh and they smile and they hurt E That's my humble opinion y'all B E you can take it for what it's worthE Cause what this country needs, A E Is a little more steel guitar, E And put a little fiddle right in the middle, F# B Straight out of a Texas bar, E And give us a song we can all sing along, A From sea to shining sea, Yeah be proud of it and always love it, B E That's what this country needs,(Bridie) A Yeah turn it on up and let it ring out E Across the land of the free F# They ought to build a statue to Hank Williams Sr, B And watch it change the scenery,E Cause what this country needs, A E Is a little more steel guitar, E And put a little fiddle right in the middle, F# B Straight out of a Texas bar, E And give us a song we can all sing along, A From sea to shining sea, Yeah be proud of it and always love it, B E That's what this country needs,E Cause what this country needs, A E Is a little more steel guitar E Yea put a sawing fiddle right square in the middle, F# B Straight out of a Texas bar, E And y'all give us a song that we all can sing, A From sea to shining sea, E Yeah be proud of it and always love it, B E That's what this country needs,