Intro D G D G D G
{Verse 1]
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I just got the news today, the record I sent them they threw it away
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It don’t fit the format, don’t make the list
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They said I’m too old, won’t even be missed

[Verse 2]
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It happened to Jones, and even The Hag
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Waylon and Willie, and the great Johnny Cash
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They kicked em right out, without even a word
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But that ain't the end of the story I heard

[Chorus]
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'Cause Cash stomped out the footlights
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Haggard plum had a ball
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And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation
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And Jones never showed up at all

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Well they lived what they wrote, and wrote what they sang

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So getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing
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Getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing

Instrumental G E D G D A D

[Verse 3]
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I just wrote a new song today
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I pulled out my old guitar, and I started to play
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Pressing my fingers into the strings
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I felt the feelings a country song brings

[Verse 4]
Bm                     A
I did some Jones, and one for The Hag
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Waylon and Willie, and the great Johnny Cash
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They all got kicked outta country back then
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But then one day country came calling again

[Chorus]
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And Cash stomped out the footlights
G                          A
and Haggard plum had a ball
     E
And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation
A          G                A
And Jones showed up after all

[Outro]
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They lived what the wrote, and they wrote what they sang
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So getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing
    G                 D
Getting kicked outta country didn’t hurt a thing
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It don’t really matter, because I ain’t gonna change
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Cause getting kicked outta country, won’t hurt a thing
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