A                                 D        A
There’s Been An Awful Murder Down On Music Row.
A                                 B           E
I Still Love Old Country And Some Good Rock N Roll.
D                           A               D
Them Record Execs They Done Lost Their Damn Mind.
A                             E             A
They Think We’re All Too Old, Deaf Dumb And Blind.
D                                A
Now There Hippin And Hoppin, Got No Steel Guitar.
D                                            A            D
The Songs That They Are Singing, They Don’t Come From The Heart.
     D                            A            D
They Ran off The Possum, Now It’s Gone To The Squirrels.
     A                               E              A
They Call That Shit Country, But It Damn Sure Ain’t Merle.
A                               D               A
It’s Like Brokeback Mountain In Nashville These Days.
A                                               B           E
The Cowgirls Are Still Pretty, But Now Most The Cowboys Are Gay.
D                       A             D
I Sure Miss Ol Waylon And I Miss John Wayne.
          A                     E             A
Back When Country Had Balls And Pride In It’s Name.
          D                        A
Now There Snappin And Clappin, Got No Steel Guitar.
    D                                  A
The Songs They Are Singing, They Don’t Come From The Heart.
    D                            A           D
The Ran Off The Possum, Now It’s Gone To The Squirrels.
    A                               E               A
They Call That Shit Country, But It Damn Sure Ain’t Merle.

D A D A D A E A

D                               A
Now There Hippin And Hoppin, Got No Steel Guitars.
    D                                  A
The Songs They Are Singing, They Don’t Come From The Heart.

They Ran Off The Possum, Now It’s Gone To The Squirrels.

They Call That Shit Country, But It Damn Sure Ain’t Merle.
     D                               A            D
They Ran Off Jamie Johnson, But They Kept All The Squirrels.
          A                             E
You Can’t Call That Shit Country And It Damn Sure,
E                  A
It Damn Sure Ain’t Merle.