Kicked Outta Country - George Strait Listen to the way King George plays it here: https://youtu.be/GuDJwpw9Pbw Drop- tuning to get that nice bass note on the . The weird-looking " Emmaj9 " is a really simple slide up. Start on the (xx2020) then slide it up one fret (xx3030), then slide it up 1 more fret (xx4040), then end on the 5th fret (xx5050). It is lot easier to play than it is to write-out! See it played by me here: https://youtu.be/qhdD1Gvwomk I just got the news today the record I sent them they threw it away It don't fit the format, don't make the list They said I'm too old, won't even be missed It happened to Jones, and even The Hag Waylon and Willie, and the great Johnny Cash Kicked em right out, without even a word Emmaj9 But that ain't the end of the story I heard Cash stomped out the footlights Haggard plum had a ball And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation And Jones never showed up at all They lived what they wrote, and wrote what they sang So getting kicked outta country didn't hurt a thing Getting kicked outta country didn't hurt a thing [Break] I just wrote a new song today I pulled out my old guitar, and I started to play Pressing my fingers into the strings I felt the feeling a country song brings I did some Jones, and one for The Hag Waylon and Willie, and the great Johnny Cash They all got kicked outta country back then Emmaj9 But then one day country came calling again Cash stomped out the footlights Haggard plum had a ball And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation And Jones showed up after all They lived what they wrote, and wrote what they sang So getting kicked outta country didn't hurt a thing Getting kicked outta country didn't hurt a thing It don't really matter, because I ain't gonna change Cause getting kicked outta country, won't hurt a thing