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Backstory:

Story of the birth of country music,                                                                                                                                                

Lyrics:

                                                  
THE FIRST COUNTRY HEARTBREAK SONG W7 
by HappyRon 185 BPM

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 
Convinced both their hearts neither ever cared
Told them that 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 /

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
"they didn’t let their love become
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 dream 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?


I / IV I IV I V7 /   I / IV I IV V7 I I
IV I IV I IV I V7 /    I / IV I IV I V7 I I