I'm going up the country

GOING UP THE COUNTRY

1. Gotta get goin', cause I can't stay here long, now,

G D

cause I'm tired of the way, I've been dogged around.

A D

Well, I've got to roam maybe find me a brand-new home.

D \

I'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?

G D

I'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?

A D

I'm goin' to some place where I've never been before.

2. I'm goin', I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine,

G \ D

well, I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine.

A \ \ D

you can jump in the water and stay drunk all the time.

I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away,

G D

I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away.

A D

All this fussin' and fightin', man, you know I sure can't stay.

D \ \

3. Now Baby, packin' up the truck, you know I got to leave today,

G D

just exacly where I'm goin' - I can not say .

But, we might even leave the US,

but in a brand-new game I don't wanna play.

G D

No use of you runnin' , or screamin' and cryin'.

A D

But you got a home, man, as long as I got mine.

4. = 1. - G-D (Canned Heat)