| F | C |
| C | |
| Well I'm going back to the country |
| F | C | |
| I can't pay the rent |
| F | C | |
| no, I'm not comple | tely broke |
| C7 | |
| but, brother, I'm | badly bent |
| F | |
| Now I don't | know |
| C | |
| where my money | went |
| G | |
| I ain't | broke |
| C | |
| But I'm badly | bent |
| turnaround verse |
| C | |
| Well when I get back to the country |
| F | C | |
| I'll be living in a | tent |
| F | C | |
| My | mum and dad will | sure be mad |
| C7 | |
| At all the | money I spent |
| F | |
| Now I don't | know |
| C | |
| just where it | went |
| G | |
| I ain't | broke |
| C | |
| But I'm badly | bent |
| turnaround verse |
| C | |
| Well I had a lot of money |
| F | C | |
| But to the city I | went |
| F | C | |
| I | met too many good- | looking girls |
| C7 | |
| And that's where my | money went |
| F | |
| Now I | know |
| C | |
| Just where it | went |
| G | |
| I ain't | broke |
| C | |
| But I'm badly | bent |
| turnaround verse |
| F | |
| I can't under | stand |
| C | |
| where my money | went |
| G | |
| I ain't | broke |
| C | |
| But brother I'm badly | bent |
| turnaround verse |
| C | |
| Well I'm a-going back to the country |
| F | C | |
| I can't pay the | rent |
| F | C | |
| Now I know they're | going to be mad |
| C7 | |
| At all the | money I spent |
| F | |
| Now I | know |
| C | |
| Just where it | went |
| G | |
| I ain't | broke |
| C | |
| But I'm badly | bent |