D                        Am
I remember long ago when I was just a boy
C                               G
Raised in the country that have old country stores
D                        Am
Chasing shadows down the road I remember well
      C                            G
Every story that my mama told in a house near the well

[Chorus]
        D           Am              C           G
So I'll stay in the country, that's where I was born
        D                Am           C           G
Live my life by in Caro- lina, that's where I be- long

D                         Am
I remember Sunday evening sitting outside
C                         G
With all my uncles and my daddy by my side
D                                 Am
We played those old songs too, we brought the night in
       C                        G
At the house in the country air I remember then

[Chorus]
        D           Am              C           G
So I'll stay in the country, that's where I was born
        D                Am           C           G
Live my life by in Caro- lina, that's where I be- long

[Solo]  
D    Am    C    G    x 4 times

[Chorus]
        D           Am              C           G
So I'll stay in the country, that's where I was born
        D                Am           C           G
Live my life by in Caro- lina, that's where I be- long

[Chorus]
        D           Am              C           G
So I'll stay in the country, that's where I was born
        D                Am           C           G
Live my life by in Caro- lina, that's where I be- long

Outro.:    
D    Am    C    G    D    Am    C    G            
D Stay in the    Am country ----- to fade