The melody of I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool by Barbara Mandrell runs 219 notes across 37 bars, 2:37 long in C at 92 beats per minute. The tab sits low on the neck, mostly under the fourth fret, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool chords and lyrics.