Country Gangster

[Intro - Instrumental 12s] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Slide guitar + gritty riff building tension] [Verse 1 - Gritty Rock 24s] [Am] From dirt roads to city lights, country boy with city fight, [F] Eyes like fire, pistol grip tight, livin' dangerous every night. [C] Rollin' through the concrete plains, where the weak get broken chains, [G] Dreamin' empire, dodgin' pain, fate's a gamble, roll the dice again. [Pre-Chorus - Build 12s] [F] Between the love and the trigger pull, no turnin' back, that's the rule, [G] In this country gangster world, survival's flag stays unfurled. [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Chorus - Powerful Belt 24s] [Am] Country gangster, heart on fire! (on fire!) [F] Bullets dance under neon sky! (watch 'em fly!) [C] Hero without the crown or throne, [G] King of his story, stands alone! (stands alone!) [Verse 2 - Gritty Rock 24s] [Am] Dancin' with a dangerous flame, nights of liquor, chasin' fame, [F] Enemies circle like vultures game, .38 speaks his real name. [C] Forbidden love beneath moonlight, promises fade into the fight, [G] Revenge calls soft in dead of night, blood writes history in crimson light. [Pre-Chorus - Build 12s] [F] Between the kiss and the gunshot sound, same old cycle spinnin' round, [G] Country gangster glory bound, rises from dirt to take the crown. [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Chorus - Powerful Belt 24s] [Am] Country gangster, heart on fire! (on fire!) [F] Bullets dance under neon sky! (watch 'em fly!) [C] Hero without the crown or throne, [G] King of his story, stands alone! (stands alone!) [Bridge - Guitar Solo 20s] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Raspy solo: Bluesy bends, southern rock fire] [Outro - Fade Out 16s] [Am] Country gangster... (raspy echo) [F] [Reverb guitar + whiskey bottle clink fade] [C] [G]