My Top 250 Country Songs of the 1970s

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  1. Leaving Louisiana In the Broad Daylight - Oak Ridge Boys
  2. I Ain't Living Long Like This - Waylon Jennings
  3. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
  4. Streets of Bakersfield - Buck Owens
  5. I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) - Johnny Paycheck
  6. Rainy Day Woman - Waylon Jennings
  7. Rocky Top - Conway Twitty
  8. Play, Guitar Play - Conway Twitty
  9. Lets Sing Our Song - Jerry Reed
  10. Running King - Merle Haggard
  11. Return of the Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons 
  12. I May Never Pass This Way Again - Waylon Jennings
  13. This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me - Conway Twitty
  14. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Waylon Jennings
  15. Ruby (Are You Mad) - Buck Owens
  16. Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
  17. The Taker - Waylon Jennings
  18. The Winner - Bobby Bare
  19. Ramblin' Fever - Merle Haggard
  20.  Any Old Wind That Blows - Johnny Cash
  21. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - Johnny Cash
  22.  For the Good Times - Kris Kristofferson
  23.  Good Friends and Neighbors - Jerry Reed
  24.  Kate - Johnny Cash
  25.  Huntsville - Merle Haggard
  26. Best of All Possible Worlds - Kris Kristofferson
  27. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
  28.  Lonesome, On'ry and Mean - Waylon Jennings
  29. What Is Truth - Johnny Cash
  30.  Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings
  31. Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet) - Tom T. Hall
  32.  Just the Other Side of Nowhere - Kris Kristofferson
  33.  Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound - Hank Williams Jr.
  34.  Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Waylon Jennings
  35. Seeds and Stems Again - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
  36. Born That Way - Stonewall Jackson
  37. I'm a Rambin' Man - Waylon Jennings
  38.  A Thing Called Love - Johnny Cash
  39. Don't You Think This Outlaw Bits Done Got Out of Hand - Waylon Jennings
  40.  A Drunk Can't Be a Man - George Jones
  41. Living On the Run - David Allen Coe
  42. The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
  43.  Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
  44.  Sing a Travelin' Song - Johnny Cash
  45.  Right or Left at Oak Street - Roy Clark
  46.  Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr.
  47.  Cedartown, Georgia - Waylon Jennings
  48.  Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
  49.  Flyin' Shoes - Townes Van Zandt
  50.  Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels Band
  51. Help Me Make It Through the Night - Kris Kristofferson
  52. Brand New Heartache - Gram Parsons
  53. Whiskey River - Willie Nelson
  54. The Perfect Stranger - Freddy Weller
  55. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
  56. Waymores Blues - Waylon Jennings
  57. Lord Mr. Ford - Jerry Reed
  58.  Made in Japan - Buck Owens
  59. Don't Get Heavy - Jerry Reed
  60.  I Gotta Get Drunk - Willie Nelson
  61. When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed
  62. The Uptown Poker Club - Jerry Reed
  63. Waiting for a Train - Jerry Lee Lewis
  64.  Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down - Kris Kristofferson
  65. Lonesome L.A. Cowboy - New Riders of the Purple Sage
  66.  Ain't No God in Mexico - Waylon Jennings
  67. You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty
  68. This Time Tomorrow (I'll Be Gone) - Waylon Jennings
  69. You Ask Me To - Waylon Jennings
  70.  I've Always Been Crazy - Waylon Jennings
  71. O.D.'d in Denver - Hank Williams Jr.
  72. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
  73. Don't Play the Game - Waylon Jennings
  74. There Ain't No Good Chain Gang - Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings
  75. Don't Pay the Ransom - Nat Stuckey
  76. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Don't Love Jesus - Jimmy Buffett
  77. A Week in a Country Jail - Tom T. Hall
  78. Tequila Sheila - Bobby Bare
  79. Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
  80.  Poncho & Lefty - Townes Van Zandt
  81. T-R-O-U-B-L-E - Elvis Presley
  82.  You Can Have Her - Waylon Jennings
  83.  We - the Statler Brothers
  84.  I Can Get Off On You - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
  85.  Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
  86.  Pretend I Never Happened - Waylon Jennings
  87.  Ride Me Down Easy - Bobby Bare
  88.  Oney - Jonny Cash
  89.  Black Rose - Waylon Jennings
  90.  Lucille - Kenny Rogers
  91. One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash
  92.  Jolene - Dolly Parton
  93. L.A. International Airport - Susan Raye
  94. The Silver Tongued Devil and I - Kris Kristofferson
  95. Rake - Townes Van Zandt
  96.  Bring On the Clowns - George Jones
  97. Singer of Sad Songs - Waylon Jennings
  98. The Grand Tour - George Jones
  99. Traveling Man - Dolly Parton
  100.     Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson
  101.   Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
  102.    Don't Take All Your Loving - Don Gibson
  103.    Better Move It On Home - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
  104.    Rose Garden - Glen Campbell
  105.    You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allen Coe
  106.    Daydreams About Night Things - Ronnie Milsap
  107.    Please Come to Boston - David Allen Coe
  108.    Flesh and Blood - Johnny Cash
  109.    Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone - Charley Pride
  110.   Evil - Charlie Daniels Band
  111.  One Minute Past Eternity - Jerry Lee Lewis
  112.  I Like Beer - Tom T. Hall
  113.   Old Five and Dimers (Like Me) - Waylon Jennings
  114.   The Fast One - Linda Ronstadt
  115.   Snowbird - Elvis Presley
  116.   I've Done Enough Dyin' Today - Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
  117.   Barstool Mountain - Johnny Paycheck 
  118.   The Beat the Devil - Kris Kristofferson
  119.   In My Hour of Darkness - Gram Parsons
  120.    Fool - Elvis Presley
  121.  Promised Land - Elvis Presley 
  122.   Making Believe - Merle Haggard
  123.   Snowbird - Anne Murray
  124.    Way Down - Elvis Presley
  125.   Ballad of a Small Man - Marty Robbins
  126.   Movin' On - Merle Haggard
  127.   When I Loved Her - Kris Kristofferson
  128.    Hit the Road and Go - Johnny Cash
  129.   Tulsa Time - Don Williams
  130.    I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving - Merle Haggard
  131.  Spotlight - David Allen Coe
  132.   Man in Black - Johnny Cash
  133.   Honky Tonk Night Time Man - Merle Haggard
  134.   Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - Kris Kirstofferson
  135.   You and Me - Johnny Cash & June Carter
  136.   Yesterdays Wine - Willie Nelson
  137.   Amos Moses - Jerry Reed
  138.    Heaven and Hell - Willie Nelson
  139.   Kentucky Gambler - Merle Haggard
  140.    Caballo Diablo - Charlie Daniels Band
  141.   She's All I Got - Johnny Paycheck
  142.   See Ruby Fall - Johnny Cash
  143.    The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 - Kris Kristofferson
  144.    Song and Dance Man - Johnny Paycheck
  145.    Long Haired Country Boy - Charlie Daniels Band
  146.    Bluebird Wine - Emmylou Harris
  147.   Southern Nights - Glen Campbell
  148.   The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Charlie Rich
  149.    Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
  150.    Tell Ole I Ain't Here To, He Better Get On Home - Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley
  151.   Coal Miners Daughter - Loretta Lynn
  152.   The Law Is For Protection of the People - Kris Kristofferson
  153.   Gambling Polka Dot Blues - Merle Haggard
  154.   Georgia On My Mind - Willie Nelson
  155.   Blue Skies - Willie Nelson
  156.   Rest Awhile - Bobby Bare
  157.   If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
  158.   The Nighttime (and My Baby) - George Jones
  159.   A Restless Wind - Bobby Bare
  160.   Try a Little Kindness - Glen Campbell
  161.  Big Wheel Cannonball - Dick Curless
  162.   No Lonesome Tune - Townes Van Zandt
  163.   After Taxes - Johnny Cash
  164.    East Bound and Down - Jerry Reed
  165.   Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
  166.   If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time - Willie Nelson
  167.   Joshua - Dolly Parton
  168.   Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings
  169.   Billy Dee - Kris Kristofferson
  170.    Green, Green Grass of Home - Elvis Presley
  171.  Salute to a Switchblade - Tom T. Hall
  172.   Bloody Mary Morning - Willie Nelson
  173.   Someone to Give My Love To - Johnny Paycheck
  174.   Trudy - Charlie Daniels Band
  175.   Moody Blue - Elvis Presley
  176.   Just Good Ol' Boys - Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley
  177.   I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today - Moe Bandy
  178.   You Took All the Rambling Out of Me - Jerry Reed
  179.   The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  180.    The Live Is To Fly - Townes Van Zandt
  181.   For the Good Times - Ray Price
  182.   Me and Paul - Willie Nelson
  183.   That's My Way - Charley Pride
  184.    Mr. Love Maker - Johnny Paycheck
  185.   Sweet Dream Woman - Waylon Jennings
  186.    Walk A Mile in My Shoes - Joe South
  187.    I Wonder IF They Every Think of Me - Merle Haggard
  188.    Smell the Flowers - Jerry Reed
  189.   Gettin' By, High and Strange - Kris Kristofferson
  190.   Amanda - Waylon Jennings
  191.   Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
  192.   Corn Liquor - Buck Owens
  193.   If You Don't Like Hank Williams - Kris Kristofferson
  194.   Luxury Liner - Emmylou Harris
  195.   Duvaliers Dream - Kris Kristofferson
  196.   Rough and Rocky - Emmylou Harris
  197.   Bandy the Rodeo Clown - Moe Bandy
  198.   Bob Wills Is Still the King - Waylon Jennings
  199.   Ramblin' Round - Linda Ronstadt
  200.     Carolina On My Mind - George Hamilton IV
  201.    Big Blon' Baby - Jerry Lee Lewis
  202.     Darbys Castle - Kris Kristofferson
  203.    The Fool - Elvis Presley
  204.     Blame It On the Stones - Kris Kristofferson
  205.    She - Gram Parsons
  206.     I Never Go Around Mirrors - Merle Haggard
  207.    Framed - Jerry Reed
  208.     Outlaw Women - Hank Williams Jr.
  209.    Convoy - C.W. McCall
  210.    The Fightin' Side of Me - Merle Haggard
  211.   Liars One Believers Zero - Bill Anderson
  212.   On the Southbound - Charley Pride
  213.    Nashville Woman - Jerry Reed
  214.    (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time - Ronnie Milsap
  215.   Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis
  216.   3 Time Loser - David Allen Coe
  217.   You Gave Me a Mountain (Live) - Elvis Presley
  218.   Freedom to Stay - Waylon Jennings
  219.   Silver Threads and Golden Needles - Linda Ronstadt
  220.    No Traffic Out of Abilene - Jerry Lee Lewis
  221.   Lonesome to the Bone - Johnny Cash
  222.    Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker
  223.    Fraulein - Townes Van Zandt
  224.    Thank God and Greyhound - Roy Clark
  225.    It's four in the Morning - Faron Young
  226.    On and On - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
  227.    I'm Looking for Blue Eyes - Jessi Colter
  228.    No Place to Fall - Townes Van Zandt
  229.    Please Don't Let Me Out - Johnny Cash
  230.     Ravishing Ruby - Tom T. Hall
  231.   Trail Dreamin' - Marty Robbins
  232.    I'm a Good Loser - Merle Haggard
  233.    San Francisco Town - Buck Owens
  234.    There's a Story (Goin' Round) - Don Gibson & Dottie West
  235.    Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico - Johnny Rodriguez 
  236.    On the Back Row - George Jones
  237.    Ruby Baby - Billy "Crash" Craddock
  238.    The Magician - Barbara Mandrell
  239.    Draggin' Shackles - Gary Stewart
  240.     Slide Off Your Satin - Johnny Paycheck
  241.    Me and the I.R.S. - Johnny Paycheck
  242.    My Songbird - Emmylou Harris
  243.    Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings
  244.    I've Already Loved You in My Mind - Conway Twitty
  245.    Tennessee Saturday Night - Jerry Lee Lewis
  246.    The Last Gunfighter Ballad - Johnny Cash
  247.    I Did What I Did for Maria - Marty Robbins
  248.    Lost in Austin - Bobby Bare
  249.    Stop the World (And Let Me Off) - Susan Raye
  250.    Hand On the Wheel - Willie Nelson