Intro
D# A# F7 A#
[Verse]
A#
Pick a little cotton, and put it in the wagon
A# F7
Take it to the gin and then
F7
Get yourself some money, and take out your honey
F7 A#
And do it all over again
A#
Oh, that's a life of a country boy
A# D#
He works from sun to sun
D# A#
He's just a hard workin' country lad
F7 A#
But he's a happy son of a gun.
[Chorus]
A#
He's just a hard workin' country boy out on the farm
A# F7
Workin' from dawn to dusk
F7
D# pickin' the cotton, D# plowin' the fields
F7 A#
And doin' the things he must
A#
But on Saturday he'll head for town
A# D#
To have himself a little fun
D# A#
And when he's stompin' on a honky tonk hardwood floor
F7 A#
He's a happy son of a gun.
[Instrumental]
A# F7 A# D# A# F7 A#
[Verse]
A#
Well, a country boy's got a wearied back
A# F7
Cause workin' is all he's known
F7
He ain't got much just a blackland farm
F7 A#
But that blackland farm's his own
A#
He don't have to answer to any man
A# D#
And worries has he none
D# A#
And you can tell by lookin' this country boy's
F7 A#
Just a happy son of a gun.
[Chorus]
A#
He's just a hard workin' country boy out on the farm
A# F7
Workin' from dawn to dusk
F7
D# pickin' the cotton, D# plowin' the fields
F7 A#
And doin' the things he must
A#
But on Saturday he'll head for town
A# D#
To have himself a little fun
D# A#
And when he's stompin' on a honky tonk hardwood floor
F7 A#
He's a happy son of a gun.
[Outro]
D# A#
Now, when he's stompin' on a honky tonk hardwood floor
F7 A#
He's a happy son of a gun