Canned Heat, Goin' Up The Country (1968)
Key: :[Bb] (w: Alan Wilson)

INTRO: [Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [Bb]

VERSE 1:
I'm going [Bb] up the country, baby, don't you wanna go
I'm going [Eb] up the country, baby, don't you wanna [Bb] go
I'm going [F] to some place where I've never been be-[Bb]-fore

VERSE 2:
I'm [Bb] going, I'm going where the water tastes like wine
I'm [Eb] going where the water tastes like [Bb] wine
We can [F] jump in the water, stay drunk all the [Bb] time

BREAK: [Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [Bb]

VERSE 3:
I'm gonna [Bb] leave this city, got to get away
I'm gonna [Eb] leave this city, got to get a-[Bb]-way
All this [F] fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure can't [Bb] stay

VERSE 4:
Now, Baby, [Bb] pack your leaving trunk, you know we got to leave today
Just exactly where we going I can not say
But [Eb] we might even leave the U.S.-[Bb]-A.
'Cause it's a [F] brand new game, and I want to [Bb] play

BREAK: [Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [Bb]

VERSE 5:
No use of you [Bb] running or screaming and [Bb] crying
'Cause you got a [Bb] home as long as I've got [Bb] mine

BREAK: [Eb] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [N.C.]

OUTRO:
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [Bb] ^[Eb]^[Bb open]

ADDITIONAL INFO:

The song originates from "Bull Doze Blues" (Henry Thomas, 1928), but with different lyrics.

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