[Intro]
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Tom T Hall is forty now and so is Bobby Bare
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Willie Nelson's gettin' grey and Faron Young don't care
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But the young ones keep on coming on the old are slow to go
                          G                C
Let there be country and let the country grow
                F                         C
Let there be country let the music roll along
                G                           C
Let there be country and let me share the song

C                                        G                  C
No one picks like Bill Monroe and don't George Jones sing great
       C                                G            C
I can tell that the people care by the people at my gate
       F                                 C
Webb Pierce invites the tourists in and Ray keeps them away
                          G               C
Let there be country and let the country play
                F                         C
Let there be country let the music roll along
                G                          C
Let there be country and let me share the song

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Ernest Tubb's got all of the soul he's had for all these years
                                   G            C
Porter Wagoner's recitation still bring me to tears
     F                                             C
And when they do play Kitty Wells you know she's still the Queen
                          G                C
Let there be country and keep the country green
                F                        C
Let there be country let the music roll along
                 G                         C
Let there be country and let me share the song

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Little Jimmy Dickens still sends shivers through the crowd
                                       G                       C
Mother Maybelle whispers now but the heart comes through real loud
       F                                      C
Gene Autry don't sing no more good old Tex Ritter's gone

       C                             G
And somewhere downtown Nashville a young man just got off the bus
         C                     G              C
With a guitar in his hands a pocket full of songs
   C                    G            C
A lot of talent and a heart full of hope
           G                             C
And he's gonna be the next big country star and the country wheels roll on

[Riff]
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[Outro]
                F                         C
Let there be country let the music roll along
                          G                C
Let there be country and let me share the song
                F                         C
Let there be country let the music roll along
                G                          C
Let there be country and let me share the song