COUNTRY MUSIC HOLIDAY
(Hal David-Burt Bacharach)
Recorded by Ferlin Husky  (1958)


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Listen to the beat, to the beat, to the beat.
         C                      F
It¼s a country music holiday.

Flags are gonna fly in the street, in the street,
         C
It¼s a country music holiday.
 Bb                                         F
School is lettin¼ out at one o¼clock.
                                     G7             C
One o¼clock things are gonna jump.
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Everyone in town is gonna rock
                                     G7        C
Gonna rock åround the fire pump.

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Mr. Miller said, for tonight, for tonight
            C                        F
All the ice cream sodas will be free.

Form a little line to the right, to the right;
                C                      F
There¼s a gal beneath the kissin¼ tree.
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Everybody¼s stayin¼ åtil the dawn.
                                  G7        C
Till the dawn, ten guitars play.
F
Listen to the beat, to the beat, to the beat.
          C7                           F
It¼s a country music holiday.