15 Songs

Tom: [G]
Intro: [G]  [G]  [G]  [G] 
 
spoken: "This song is for the cold - fading - memory...of country music. 
And unfortunately, it's also a sad testament, to what it has become today." 
 
15 [G] songs [C] 
15 [G] songs  
That's [G] all the dadgum DJ plays 
[A7] All dadgum day [D] long 
Where have [G] all [C] the good ones [Em] gone [C] 
There's a [G] whole lot more out [D] there 
Than 15 [G] songs 
 
Well, they [C] used to write songs about drinking, cheatin', [G] and murder 
About [C] hobos and trains, and winding up in [G] jail 
But, if I [C] wrote that these days, I [G] never would get paid 
And [A7] 'Music Row' says all my songs would [D] fail 
 
15 [G] songs [C] 
15 [G] songs  
That's [G] all the dadgum DJ plays 
[A7] All dadgum day [D] long 
Where have [G] all [C] the good ones [Em] gone [C] 
There's a [G] whole lot more out [D] there 
Than 15 [G] songs 
 
Well, [C] whatever happened to Chris, Willie, and [G] Waylon Jennings 
And, you [C] don't hear Johnny Cash in 'radio[G]land' 
Though their [C] music's been time tested, they [G] could get arressted 
Unless [A7] it was for some form of contrab[D]and  
I didn't say country-band 
 
15 [G] songs [C] 
15 [G] songs  
That's [G] all the dadgum DJ plays 
[A7] All dadgum day [D] long 
Where have [G] all [C] the good ones [Em] gone [C] 
There's a [G] whole lot more out [D] there 
Than 15 [G] songs [C] 
15 [G] songs [C]  
15 [G] songs 
There's a whole lot more out [D] there than 15 [G] songs 
 
 
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Note: I just want to say that I love this song. What a smack-in-the-face to pop-country acts. 
Thanks, axe.... 
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