C
Help me Merle, I’m breakin’ out in a Nashville rash
C G
It’s looking like I’m fallin in the cracks
C F
I’m too country now for country, just like Johnny Cash
C G C
Help me Merle, I’m breakin’ out in a Nashville rash
C G C
Shoulda known it when they closed the Opry down
C G
Things are bound to change in that town
C C7 F
You can’t grow when you rip the roots out of the ground
C G C
Looks like that Nashville rash is getting’ ‘round
[Chorus]
C
Help me Merle, I’m breakin’ out in a Nashville rash
C G
It’s looking like I’m fallin in the cracks
C F
I’m too country now for country, just like Johnny Cash
C G C
Help me Merle, I’m breakin’ out in a Nashville rash
Steel solo
Guitar solo
[Verse]
C G C
Ain’t it funny how things can really change
C G
Rock and roll back in the 70’s are country hits today
C C7 F
Breaks my heart to see my heros fadin’ away
C G C
The victims of Nashville rash, it’s Nashville’s ways
[Chorus]
C
Help me Merle, I’m breakin’ out in a Nashville rash
C G
It’s looking like I’m fallin in the cracks
C F
I’m too country now for country, just like Johnny Cash
C G C
Help me Merle, I’m breakin’ out in a Nashville rash
