When Country Came Back To Town Chords by Brent Cobb

[Intro]

D   Am   D   
Am7 Am
 
 
[Verse]

       D                                       
I was there when Shooter Jennings 
             Am
rewound the sound like a cassette
G C                             G
  I watched Jamey Johnson cut (You) 

"Can't Cash My Checks"
           D                            
Back then Rowdy Jason Cope 
             A
was running shine sunset to vine
         C                               
Picking songs with Leroy Powell, 
        G
making redneck isms rhyme
 
             D                                 
I guess now everyone knows Cousin 
             A
Dave but he been around awhile
         C                                  
Proving simple truths and music, 
           G
they just don't go out of style
 
              D                                        
It's hard to tell and when you're 
                     Am
in it sometimes the moment's too profound
          C
But if I had to bet my money
 
             G                    D   Am
That's when country came back to town
 
 
[Verse]

             D                             
Right after that 

I moved to Nashville 
     A
and most the Broadways stars
       C                        
Wanted to be Cody Canada, 
      G
Ryan Bingham or Hayes Carll
                 D                              
They seemed too cautious to commit, 
            A
so they surrendered to the game
            C                           
But nobody sang like Brandi 
            G
Carlile or wrote like Nikki Lane
 
                    D                     
But you couldn't deny that it 
            Am
was lost or how it would be found
          C
But when Sturgill 

climbed High Top Mountain
 G                    D   D
Country came back to town
 
 
[Chorus]

            C               G                    
Beyond the pickups and the backroads, 
           D
you could almost hear it play
               C            
Though it was softer than a 
 G                   D
whisper through the pines
      C            G          
Some say it never left, 
      D
some say that it got saved
                C              
Some say, like everything, 
    G            D
it changes over time
 
      C                             
Well all I know for certain 
        G
is I'm glad I was around
 
      C      G              D
When country  came back to town
          Am     G              D
Oh, when country  came back to town
 
 
[Verse]

          D                         
As the divide grew even greater 
    A
between commerce and art
       C                             
Folks like Miranda Lambert kept 
     G
the beat inside its heart
        D                               
Right along with Chris and Morgane 
     A
and Kacey Musgraves too
               C                             
What took the world so long to catch on, 
    G
for us was nothing new
 
        D                                 
By the time the torch was passed 
         Am
and the hatchet was laid down
       C
Music Row had nearly burned to ash
 
      G                    D   D
When country came back to town
 
 
[Chorus]

            C               G                    
Beyond the pickups and the backroads, 
           D
you could almost hear it play
               C              
Though it was softer than a 
 G                   D
whisper through the pines
      C            G          
Some say it never left, 
      D
some say that it got saved
                C              
Some say, like everything, 
    G            D
it changes over time
 
      C                             
Well all I know for certain 
        G
is I'm glad I was around
 
      C      G              D
When country  came back to town
          Am     G              D
Oh, when country  came back to town
 
 
[Instrumental/Solo]

D   Am   C   G
D   Am   C   G
 
D   Am   D   Am
 
 
[Verse]
             D                               
Now here we are eighteen years 
              A
later with a list a mile long
               C                                         
Of names like Childers, Jinks, Price, 
                   G
and Whitey, Hood, Shook, Cook, 

Cauthen and Combs
 
                 D                                      
Lord knows it's hard to 

name them all, 
                 A
but hell, right off 

the top of my head
         C                                 
Isbell, Eady, Patton, 
                     G
Moonpies, Turnpike, Colter, 

and Crockett
 
              D                                       
And won't be stopping, 

no name dropping till 
         Am
history books echo the sound
            C                              
Of all the folks who saddled 
              G
up and drove country
 
         D    Am
Back to town
             D   Am G D
Oh, back to town

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ℹ️ About This Song

The track was produced by Brent Cobb, Oran Thornton & Rob Sumowski.

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Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: G
• Chords: D, Am, Am7, G, C, A
• BPM: 87
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: When Country Came Back To Town
• Artist: Brent Cobb
• Written by Brent Cobb
• Produced by Brent Cobb, Oran Thornton & Rob Sumowski
• Album: Track 1 on Southern Star
• Released Date: 18 August 2023