THE FIRST COUNTRY HEARTBREAK SONG V7
100% Human written by HappyRon 185 BPM
(CAPITAL LETTERS ARE POSSIBLE CHANGES)

INTRO (IN E) E / A E A E B7 E
Lend me your ear, draw a bit more near
I'll tell you the true story of The First Country Heartbreak Song

VERSE 1 (IN E) AP E / A E A E B7 / E / A E A B7 E E
A E A E A E B7 / E / A E A E B7 E /

AP Carter lived in a valley poor
Poor Valley really was it's name
Pocket full of dust, head so full of tunes
Singing fine songs was his game
He Sought every sound, down each hollow deep
Driving roads that went on oh so long
Left his wife alone, searching for his dream
Hoping that one day he’d write
The first country heartbreak song

VERSE 2 (IN A) SARAH A / D A D A E7 / A / D A D E7 A
D A D A D A E7 / A / D A D A E7 A /

His wife Sarah sang with a voice so pure
But he would chase a different sound
Sarah gripped his sleeve, eyes begged him stay
Sad nights on music's lonely ground
As in every song, came a long a boy
Couldn’t pick guitar but love beat strong
His name was Coy Bayes, wouldn't leave her side
Twas the start of what would be the first country heartbreak song

VERSE 3 (IN D) BREAKUP D / G D G D A7 / D / G D G A7 D /
G D G D G D A7 / D / G D G D A7 D /

Bibles thumped like drums, "MARRIAGE IS FOR LIFE"
Cold harmony from every mouth
Families lied to Coy, then they lied to her
Sent him up north and her down south
Then they stole their words, rewrote their love tune
Parents hid the mail, said that it was wrong
Told these two young hearts their souls had moved on
Made them think their love was now the first country heartbreak song

BREAK IN A: A / D A D A E7 / A / D A D E7 A
D A D A D A E7 / A / D A D A E7 A /

Made them think their love was now the first country heartbreak song

VERSE 4 (IN E) RADIO E / A E A E B7 / E / A E A B7 E E
A E A E A E B7 / E / A E A E B7 E /

Coy twisted the dial through his mountain fog,
A low voice pierced the darkened skies.
Heard his Sarah sing "for my Coy Bayes"
"I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes"
Fire went down his spine “Mother why'd you lie”
I'm gonna go back to where I belong
Sarah in his arms, never left his side
It twasn't their love that became
The first country heartbreak song


VERSE 5 (IN D) D / G D G D A7 / D / G D G A7 D /
G D G D G D A7 / D / G D G D A7 D /

When you sing a tune in the house he built
Sing a verse for our good old AP
He raised the (this) roof with song. His heart laid in each beam
And Built us a porch of harmony
But his lonesome call still haunts every note
He lost his girl so we can sing along
Did he think each night of her blue eyes?
How could he know he would write
The first country heartbreak song?

OUTRO: G D GA7 D /
How could he know he would write
The first country heartbreak song?


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