Country In My Genes Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
Country In My Genes
Recorded by Loretta Lynn
Written by Larry Cordle, Betty Key, Larry Shell
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Well they say that I'm too country the way I look and sound
They wanna to make me over
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just a little more uptown
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need to change my image now
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tell me what that means
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Don't they know I've got
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country
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in my
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Well I can't help the way I talk I wouldn't change it if I could
Sophisticated ain't my style but
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country fits me good
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ashamed to wear what's been
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handed down to me
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Lord I've got
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country
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in my
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country in my genes country in my blood
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goes back generations it's something I'm proud of
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something I was born with what you get is what you see
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just an old hilly-billy with a
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country song to sing
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Lord I've got
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country
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in my
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If country's hit the big time me I'm still the same
I ain't above my raisin' and I
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ain't about to change
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wouldn't trade my Wranglers for the
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finest
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country
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in my
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Repeat #2,3
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country
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Country In My Genes?
- The song Country In My Genes was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.
