Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 Now I know how Merle Haggard felt

 when he sang the words mama tried

 And I've lived those teenage Friday nights

 With a pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight

 And that summer Becky broke my heart

 Alabama sang old flame burnin'

Well I've danced with George Strait

Drank with George Jones

 My life's been a country song

Chorus

 It's all about fallin' down and gettin' back up

Your good times and hard luck

True love and amazing grace

Workin' all week for a back ache

Raisin' cane, Friday nights,

Sunday church to set it right

 They can write it on my stone,

 My life's been a country song

 Now I know how Paycheck felt

 When he told his boss he can take his job and shove it

 And I've had the girl that made me say

 'I like it, I love it, I want some more of it'

 And I'll always remember just where I was

 When the world stopped turnin'

Through the good and the bad,

 The right and the wrong

 My life's been a country song

 It's all about fallin' down and gettin' back up

Your good times and hard luck

True love and amazing grace

Workin' all week for a back ache

Raisin' cane, Friday nights,

Sunday church to set it right

 They can write it on my stone,

 My life's been a country song

Bridge

It's been the words when I couldn't find 'em

A friend when I've been alone

 It's been the toast to things remembered, the strength for movin on

 It's all about fallin' down and gettin' back up

Your good times and hard luck

True love and amazing grace

Workin' all week for a back ache

Raisin' cane, Friday nights,

Sunday church to set it right

 They can write it on my stone,

 My life's been a country song

 Oh my life's been a country song