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