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  E                                               B7
  I was born in Iowa, and my folks would not move south
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  And there was no one up there to teach me to talk like I had glue in my mouth
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  My folks always had to buy the best, I couldn't get a Sears Roebuck guitar
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  So no one could know under it all, I was really a country star

  You know my folks, gol darn their souls, they wouldn't send me to work in a mine
  Mom didn't want 16 kids, and I couldn't change her mind
  Dad had to teach economics, he wouldn't even buy a farm
  So no one could under it all, I was really a country star

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  My one desire was to be a country star
             A
  I learned all the y'alls and the ain'ts
      B7
  But I never had a chance

Cause I never been hung up on drink or drugs, never even been to prison
I haven't had six divorces, and Lord knows how I've missed 'em
My friends say, "Don't worry, just be who you are"
But they that under it all, I'm really a country star

Listen on Youtube (with Bruce Harvie on electric guitar. Thank you, Bruce!)