Thank God I'm A Country Boy-John Denver

[ti:thank god i'm a country boy] [00:02.260]Well,life's on a farm is kinda laid back, [00:04.513]ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack. [00:06.999]It's early to rise,early in the sack [00:09.262]thank God I'm a country boy. [00:11.620]Well,a simple kind of life never did me no harm, [00:14.312]raising me a family and working on the farm. [00:16.686]My days are all filled with an easy country charm, [00:19.305]thank God I'm a country boy. [00:21.474]Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle. [00:24.226]When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle. [00:26.393]And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle, [00:28.306]thank God I'm a country boy. [00:31.391]When the work's all done and the sun's setting low, [00:34.55]I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow. [00:36.613]The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low, [00:39.131]thank God I'm a country boy. [00:41.503]I'd play Sally Gooding all day if I could, [00:43.965]but the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good. [00:46.387]So I fiddle when I can and I work when I should, [00:49.210]thank God I'm a country boy. [00:51.372]Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle. [00:54.31]When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle. [00:56.586]And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle, [00:58.539]thank God I'm a country boy. [01:22.175]I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels, [01:24.98]I never was one of them money hungry fools. [01:26.159]I'd rather have my fiddle and my farming tools, [01:29.326]thank God I'm a country boy. [01:31.896]Yeah,city folk driving in a black limousine, [01:33.857]a lotta sad people thinking that's-a mighty keen. [01:37.20]Son,let me tell you now exactly what I mean, [01:39.947]thank God I'm a country boy. [01:42.47]Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle. [01:44.653]When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle. [01:47.17]And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle, [01:48.937]thank God I'm a country boy. [01:53.412]Well,my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died, [02:14.905]and he took me by the hand and held me close to his side. [02:17.722]He said,"Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride, [02:20.63]and thank God you're a country boy. [02:22.681]My Daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle, [02:25.249]he taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle. [02:27.904]He taught me how to love and how to give just a little, [02:30.166]thank God I'm a country boy. [02:33.329]Well,I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle. [02:36.835]When the sun's coming up,I got cakes on the griddle. [02:38.943]And life ain't nothing but a funny,funny riddle, [02:41.119]thank God I'm a country boy.